So Gideon gets a bath every night, Harper does not. I mean he's a baby so he doesn't need one every night, though that is quickly going to change.
However, that baby LOVES the water. He stands by the tub during Gideon's baths and he sticks his hands in to feel the water.
So picture that. Little baby bending over the Sid elf the tub, fully clothed, to splash in the water. Got it? Next, picture feet coming off the floor and baby slowly inching his way into said tub, full of water, fully clothed.
We have been watching that show Parenthood on Netflix. We're only on season 5 so don't tell me what happens! But, the matriarch on this show, Camille, decides she's done sacrificing for her family, and starts putting her happiness before everyone else, including her husband.
Now, the relationship with her husband is beside the point, but she has this conversation with her youngest son and he tells her she is being selfish by not thinking of her children's feelings. She proceeds to give him a laundry list of all the ways she has sacrificed for the children all these years, and how now it's her turn or some crap like that.
Wow
Really, really, wow.
So, there's another clip from this old movie "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" where the son gives his father this speech about how he sees parenthood, and you could say it definitely resonated with me.
Now this definitely takes a tangent at the end, but you get the gist. After we watched this movie a couple years ago, I have always tried to keep this thought in the forefront of my mind.
I'm not saying that I am not grateful for everything my parents have done for me, or that I don't want my children to show that they appreciate what we do for them, but it was our decision to bring them into the world, and therefore our responsibility to give them everything.
