H, you are growing up so fast.

But that is a different story.

I just wanted to say thank you for early morning kisses.

In short, I woke up this morning and was wet.

My shirt was almost dripping.

It turns out that sometime after you got in bed with us, your diaper leaked.

Now I am not afraid of a little pee, but after I realized what had happened I woke Mom up, told her what the issue was, and headed for a quick shower.

By the time I got out of the shower mom had changed your diaper and clothes, and you had already eaten a Greek yogurt for breakfast.

Well, we all met in the kitchen, and something threw you into a kissing fit.

It was wonderful.

You give these big – long – wet – kisses right now, where we press our lips together for 10 to 15 seconds while making the “Muah” sound of a kiss.

But with a 15 second kiss it sounds more like:

“Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmuah.”

So there we all were, standing in the kitchen at 6:15 AM this morning, your mom and I taking turns giving you 15 second kisses.

It was beautiful.

Please don’t stop giving me kisses.

I know you will though (at least on the lips).

And do you  know what?

That’s ok.

That’s ok, because life changes, and it’s ok if kisses are part of that change, too.

That’s ok because I will still kiss you on the cheek – even if I have to hold you down when you are 10, 15, or 25, or whenever – and the cheek is not really that far from the lips, really.

That’s ok, because I will always have the kisses from this morning.

I love you.

–Dad