My Babies are Growing Up on Me

My babies are growing up on me! I am so glad and blessed to be able to stay at home with my kids. At times all the day to day things are hard to handle and it's easy to get stuck in a rut BUT then one of them does something that catches you off-guard and it makes you realize - THEY ARE GROWING UP SO FAST YOU BETTER ENJOY THE RIDE!

Some stages are frustrating - potty training, sassy talk, lack of listening, teething, throwing food on the floor, etc. BUT other things are SOOOO rewarding - listening to them sing songs you didn't know they knew, watching them learn to walk, seeing them as they sleep - looking like complete angels, hearing first words and animal sounds, snuggles before and after naps, having tear end after you've simply kissed the "owie" and made it better.

Just a few notes of things for me to remember about the things Grant and Alayna are up to these last few days:

- Grant - just last week started asking the ultimate question - "WHY?" about EVERYTHING! When does this end? :)
- Alayna - just today is really starting to pick up on her walking skills. She's so proud. And to balance she puts her hands way up in the air - kinda like karate kid when he had the bummed leg :) I'll try to get her picture!
- Alayna is starting to say more sounds and little words. Ba ba ba - for beep beep beep in Wheels on the Busby by - for bye-o-bye'g in a rocking chair, ah ah ah - while seeing monkeys at the zoo
- Grant singing all of Happy Birthday all by himself tonight for Grandpa Kok
- Grant is loving his independence. Everything is "I do myself". This has been for about a month now. SOOO frustrating at times, but good to see he is learning and wants to be able to do things on his own. It's just SOOOO much faster for me to do it sometimes! Patience!!!

That's it for now. I LOVE my job and am so thankful for these gifts each day. I just pray that we as parents continue to cherish these babies - cuz "It Won't Be Like This For Long" (Darius Rucker).