We tend to remember the big stuff – first smile, first laugh, first crawl, first step etc. – as parents we are conditioned to engrave those milestone moments into our memory bank for safe keeping. But man, if I could, I would take every single small moment with me. The way he studies my face when we’re snuggling, or how he coos when he rests his head on my chest or the way he happily gazes up at me after I’ve fed him – I can’t even fully articulate how these seemingly inconsequential occurrences melt my heart on the daily. If this was the world of Pixar’s Inside Out, each of these moments would be effectively catalogued  within my long term memory in the section marked, “Very Special Ethan Loves Mommy Memories – Do Not Ever Forget, Ever.”

Barring that, I’ll just take lots of pictures and videos just in case.

Here’s one of those moments: