{"id":5853,"date":"2011-04-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/2011\/04\/06\/fleeting-moments-owen-watermelon-and-that-cute-round-head\/"},"modified":"2020-11-19T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T17:22:07","slug":"fleeting-moments-owen-watermelon-and-that-cute-round-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/fleeting-moments-owen-watermelon-and-that-cute-round-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Owen, Watermelon, and that cute round head"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know when people say that their children are almost delicious to them? Like they want to eat them up? I never understood that till I had my own kids. And then I wanted to eat them too.
\nWell, not literally.
\nBut there are times when the kids give me a hug or they’re sitting on my lap and I just want to cover their cheeks in kisses. I want to squeeze them and never let go. I just can’t get enough of their little bodies! And I’ve realized that a lot of it has to do with their unique scent.
\n\"\"<\/a>I remember when Lucy was little, she had a certain smell to her. Not the powdery baby smell but her own personalized Lucy smell. It was probably a mix of her own body fragrance combined with the laundry detergent on her clothes. But it was delightful. And I loved breathing it in. Over time I couldn’t smell it anymore. Even now it’s hard for me to pick up the scent on her busy 5-year-old body.
\nBut Owen’s still got it. It’s fading…but it’s there. And I don’t want it to end!<\/p>\n

So what does the scent of a child have to do with red watermelon?
\nWell, not a whole lotta….except that I found these photos buried deep in my iPhoto,
\n\"\"<\/a>…and every time I see the back of Owen’s head it just makes me smile. I love that head! And his skinny little neck. Do you see why I want to smoother him with affection?
\n\"\"<\/a>Last summer I cut into this watermelon and was mesmerized by it’s ruby red color. And since I like taking pictures of fruit<\/a> I wanted to take shots of this one before we ate it. I walked away to get my camera and came back to find Owen hovering over the melon.<\/p>\n

Who can blame him?
\n\"\"<\/a>So Owen became my photo subject, right along with the watermelon.<\/p>\n

Seeing these photos again remind a) how much Owen loves<\/span> watermelon and b) how I long for the days of summer. Now that spring is here, the watermelon days are coming soon.
\n\"\"<\/a>And then there will plenty of stuffed faces and drippy lips.
\n\"\"<\/a>Bowls filled with summer fruit and not enough time to eat it (before it goes soft)
\n\"\"<\/a>There’ll be lots of this:
\n\"\"<\/a>and this:
\n\"\"<\/a>and hopefully more of this.
\n\"\"<\/a>Oh Owen, how I love your little face. I know that one day your baby smooth skin will have teenage flaws. You’ll smell like 2 locker rooms of sweat. And your braces will constantly have a popcorn kernel stuck near the bicuspid (though I would have told you not to eat popcorn with braces on. Guess that means you’ll stop listening to my advice too).
\n\"\"<\/a>But for this moment in time I’ll keep breathing you in.
\n\"\"<\/a>till the watermelon is packed up and we’ve eaten it all.
\n\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Don’t grow up too fast little guy.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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