Time

 My babies aren't babies anymore!  What is going on? Is time picking up on me and playing tricks or is this just normal the older you get the faster time starts going?  Carson is now 7!

 Cole talks about Justin Bebir (sp) and wants to wear sun glasses because he thinks its cool.  He is already entering in the beginning stages of wanting to be popular and be "part" of the in group.  But in the next breath he is still dressing up like he is a burglar and running around the house making siren sounds.  Thank goodness for that...I want him to stay childish for awhile longer.

 And Mike and I are going on 11 years together.  With time picking up so fast and the kid's needs seem so demanding are "we", as a couple getting lost in the speed of time?

Then there are my two littlest babies.  Thank goodness Morgan misses the Kindergarten deadline by two weeks because I don't want to send her to school yet.  I still want to hear her hollering "Where are you momma?"  and playing with her babies, and ponies.

Tater just turned one!  Mike brought him to church a few Sundays ago when I had to leave earlier than the rest and how he was dressed shocked me. He was in a shirt and pants that made him look so big!  I purposely don't put him in any of that yet because I want him to stay my baby for a little longer.

Time will go on no matter what I do...but I want to make what I do with my family right now really count.  I know my time is fleeting with them and I get a feeling its just going to pick up speed so I hope and pray that I am being deliberate in my day to day with them.  I want to be a deliberate mother so I won't have to look back and cry and wonder why I didn't push myself a little harder to be more patient with them, or why I didn't put down what I was doing to really listen to them!  I don't want regrets with them or with my hubby.

Parenting is messy and stressful and I want to be careful not to loose Mike in all of this.  Time with him right now counts too!  I want us both to be growing with our family ...together....not getting lost in the chaos.  Its a delicate balancing act and one that I Hope and Pray that I will always keep trying to balance ...no matter how many times I loose balance!