I put away my favorite little bunny pants of Katelyn's yesterday. Why? Because she is too big for them now. I was so sad putting away more clothes of hers. This is the second time I've had to go through, empty and restock her drawers. Surprisingly I don't cry, but I do get very emotional. Especially since yesterday while we were in there she would bring her book up to me and put it in my face like she wanted me to read it to her and she would get on my lap. I thought "How are you already this old? Where has time gone?"
This morning I also was trying to show Katelyn some pictures of herself on Nick's laptop and I stumbled across this video:
This is a video of her the first day she was born in the hospital. I realized yesterday that Katelyn is not ever going to get younger, she won't ever be my little newborn again, she won't EVER be this age again, and that I should be doing everything I can to make the most of it. I sure hope I am. I take a million pictures of her. We could do better on the video recording, but most importantly am I spending the most time with her I can rather than doing other things like Facebook, browsing the internet, or watching tv? That is something I want to always remember because time is still moving. Each day she gets older. I hope you all take the time to be with and appreciate the time you have with the ones you love!
Although I do feel this way sometimes, I AM so excited for her to be getting older and I sure do love watching her grow and learn and do new things, but it is always sad knowing she's not going to be your little baby forever. She is so cute at every stage it makes me want to see her grow and what she'll be doing next.
4 comments:
Thanks for the reminder! I needed this today. It is important to remember to soak up the time that we have with our kids because we can't get that back. You are so right!
Ok, that is honestly the cutest video! Awww.
Cute video! Her little tongue licking the air...aww! I've just thinking a lot about this, so thanks for posting it and putting all my feelings into words. Watching our kids grow up is one of the most sad/exciting things in the world! I think Heavenly Father wants us to experience those emotions so that we'll want to go through pregnancy and labor all over again to have more kids! When I pack away Tyler's newborn clothes, I think to myself, "It'll be fun to have anther little baby boy to wear this!" I'm totally going to be one of those moms who cry when their kids go off to college, and hug them and say "My BAAABY!"
Cute, I didn't see this post yesterday. She is getting SO big! It's crazy. And before you know it you'll be like Mom going to visit Katelyn and her new baby. Haha, ask Mom about it today. I bet time has just flown right by for her. That little cutie, I remember her doing that weird thing. Guess it just means you need another little baby so it's a never ending cycle :)
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