Children-Random Thoughts

Children... They are so amazing, @ least mine are. HAHAHA
It is just amazing how quickly they grow up. Strange things have been coming to my mind lately, it might because the holidays are coming up but I am guessing it is because my 1st baby is going to be 4 on Sunday. 4, FOUR, QUARTO! What the heck? Where did the time go? I remember the day I brought both the girls home from the hospital. I thought I would never see the day I got to sleep 7 hours straight let alone see the day when my kid turns 4! Or see her write her own name, Allison's new talent.
Writing your name... how simple right??? But this seemingly simple act has me turning in circles. I am insanely proud and if you haven't heard me say it a million times consider yourself lucky, but she can write her own name. That means that she is growing up. I have been thinking of all the things that she now longer needs me for... and as much as it is liberating to know that both of my girls are able to walk now, and get out of bed on their own, can feed themselves and are closer than ever to not needing me to change their diapers. It makes me sad that I am going to lose those moments too. Like carrying them everywhere and going into their room and seeing their eyes pop open and me being the first thing they see, like looking down at them while they nurse, doing 'airplane' to feed them or laugh at the mess we made the first time we tried s0lids, or using the 'tickle monster' when they are on the change table. These are all wonderful moments that you get during the tiring and sometimes overwhelming times when you have a child that needs you at every moment of every day. Gosh am I going to miss those days.
But now I am trying to think of some of the new things that we are getting to do. Like answering Allison many questions about what ever she might see that day. Like a police man helping someone or a bird flying in the sky, or a flower wilting, or someone crying. Or like playing with Elizabeth and helping her realize the names of colors and shapes, or singing a song with her and her telling me "I DO IT!!!" : )
Just think in a few years I am going to be looking back and saying how much I am going to miss the things that I haven't even got a chance to experience yet.
God knew what he was doing when he gave me those girls, correcting, when he gave us those girls. Because for every sad moment we have with them we have a million happy wonderful ones! God is good!