Two Minutes

He really is a little sponge. This morning Gusi woke up early--5am early. (I now realize he probably woke up so early due to the sopping wet diaper we found him in.) Papi brought him to our bed, changed his diaper and we all went back to sleep. At 6:40am Gusi woke us up with kisses and proudly told us he had slept all night in his crib. Uh-huh, so why are you in our bed?

Then he turned to his father and said: Papi, Gusi is hungry, let's go eat.

Papi: Gusi, ask Mami to give you breakfast.

Gusi: Mami, Gusi is hungry, come eat with Gusi.

Me: Two minutes, give me two minutes.

Gusi (turning to Papi): Papi come with Gusi, Mami needs two minutes.

Big smile on my part.

Then this afternoon after he refused to nap in his crib, but slept like a log in our bed, I went in to wake him up. I woke him up with a shower of kisses to which he would smile while still keeping his eyes closed.

I finally said: Gusi, wake up, let's go play.

Gusi: Mami, two minutes, just give me two minutes.

I couldn't help but smile.