I'm gonna miss this...

Some days are long.  Sometimes I don't want to clean up anything else.  Then I read McMamma's post yesterday.  It was a wonderful reminder to me. 

A is breaking in tooth number 6.  It came through today.  When he wouldn't go down for his nap an hour and a half past naptime, I kept telling myself as a cuddled him in the rocking chair, "I'm gonna miss this."

At 6:45 AM when I just wanted 10 more minutes of sleep, I went and claimed my little guy that's growing so fast and told myself, "I'm gonna miss this."  I do love our early morning times that it is just the two of us.

As I was cleaning up his high chair and surrounding floor for the third time today and then changing his clothes for the third time, I told myself, "I'm gonna miss this." 

E was screaming, "He's so mean!" at the top of her lungs because A bite and consequently broke her balloon.  I thought to myself, "Someday this house will be too quiet and I'll amazingly miss this."

My favorite part of our day today involved our evening stroll.  E rode her trike.  She had on a bike helmet...backwards.  Her sandals were on the wrong feet.  Her outfit was mismatched.  A was in the little stroller in his pjs.  I probably didn't look like the pinnacle of motherhood...nor did my children.  But as we strolled/biked through the neighborhood discussing random subjects...the size of leaves, the direction we were going, daddy radar on blown kisses, stone collections, trolls that lived under bridges...A laughed and babbled to E and myself.  E raced us singing "As fast as fast can be, you'll never catch me!"  She's getting so fast.  Early this summer, I spent the majority of our walks pushing her and now she speeds ahead.  They change so quickly.  I know that beyond a shadow of a doubt, "I'm gonna miss this!"

I know that each stage is going to have its highlights and pitfalls.  But, "I'm going to miss this!"  It is crazy to think in another year E will be starting school and I'll have to share her with someone else.  Time goes so fast.  I'm really working hard to treasure the days and enjoy our fleeting time when the kids are just mine and our days revolve around each other.  I am going to miss this!