Hold On

You know how when you have your first baby and everyone says, "Oh it goes SOOOO fast, just enjoy her while she's little because she'll be all grown in 2 seconds." You look at them and smile. Then you think about all the days you look at the clock kind of ready for your husband to walk through the door only to see that it's 10 am. Or you wonder if it's really possible to change 4 million and 3 diapers and breastfeed 4 million and 2 times in 24 hours because you're pretty sure you haven't done anything else all day or night. Or you think about sitting watching your 1 month old baby and wondering if she's bored or if you're doing this right at all.

Well, I know it sometimes doesn't feel very fast (see the title of this blog) but the reality is what they told us is true. The days still seem long sometimes, but I can't believe my first baby is almost 10 and my youngest is 2! Looking back, it seems that it all happened while I was blinking or something because where did it go?

Yesterday I picked Nate up from swimming lessons at noon and he and Ben and I went to a little swim party. I dropped Abby off at a friend's so they could go to another friend's birthday party and Anna stayed home so she could run to Chloe's where they were going to have their 2nd book club and then go see the new "Kit" movie. The boys and I got back around 3:00 and Abby finally waltzed in around 6:00. Anna came home at 8:00. They were gone all day. Nate was busy with friends when we got back. They're already getting lives and busy and I miss them. During school the girls are rarely here and now Nate will be going to school too.

So, you see it's all true. My kids are still fairly young, but they're growing faster and faster and I know that their days are truly numbered here in our little home. I realize it's not the end of the world, it's fun too, watching them grow and our relationships change and experiencing new and older things, but I'm starting to get it now that I've got to hold on to them while I can.