morning play time

mornings are sayan's favorite play time. he usually wakes up between 6 and 7 and wants to play til around 10 when he falls asleep again. we discovered his desire for morning play time a couple of weeks ago-- jai usually takes sayan sometime between 4 and 7 so i can have some "uninterrupted" sleep. before a couple of weeks ago sayan would be happy just snuggled up with daddy and jai could sleep or meditate. one morning sayan started pre-fussing and jai kept trying to burp him and get him more comfy and finally i had the thought that sayan might be bored cause he was totally awake and not content to just be held. so jai took him into the sitting room and sure enough sayan immediately perked up. and over the past couple weeks morning play time has gotten more and more interactive. at first he'd respond most to being shown things like his mobile or activity toys or a tour of the house (we feel like tour guides a lot of the time: and these are the dishes, see the big bowls and the small bowls how they have blue on them? and here are the cups, see the tall glasses and the short glasses with the dragonflies? but he loves house tours). now though he loves just talking and physically playing with us. and he has started laughing... it's incredible.