"Mama"

Today started off like any other workday morning.

At 6:12 a.m., Aidan woke up for his morning nursing session. After a quick diaper change, he groggily managed to nurse for a good 6 minutes non-stop.

As he is apt to do, he takes a break, rubs his eyes, sighs and goes back to work. Or sometimes he looks around the room for a minute or two before remembering the task at hand.

Today, at 6:22 a.m., my baby stopped nursing, looked me straight in the eye and said, "Mama."

Not, "mamamamamamamama." Not, "dadaadadaadadadad." Not "damamdrrrrrgrrrrrammamamadadadamaga."

"Mama"-- just like that. With just one word, he told me "I know who you are and I can say your name."

Being Mama is good.