This morning my sweet baby girl decided that 5:30 a.m. or so was the perfect time to start her day. After some resisting on my part, we stumbled into the living room and I attempted to deal with the fact that the day was going to start with or without me. It was hard to be upset with her when she was looking so beautiful and ethereal in the early morning light.

Not much later her brother woke up, too, and joined us in the living room, donning his new Perry the Platypus (or awtapuss as he says it) pajamas – the ones he begged and pleaded for when shopping for new pajamas this weekend. The two of them were such a cute little sleepy pair that I decided to embrace the moment with some help from the Nikon D40.

So even though it’s only 9:30 a.m. now and I’ve been awake for 4 hours – and that feels sort of criminal and unfair… this moment made it worth it. No wait…

This moment. This moment made it all worth it.

I’m participating in Darcy’s Sweet Shot Tuesdays.