babies

I love babies. Have you noticed?

I used to tell Seth that I want to space out our kids as much as possible so that the baby phase of our lives never ends! Like five years between kids, so that when one grows out of baby stage, there is always another!

I am glad that my sis is thinkin' about starting to have kids soon, since we are going to be done soon. That will help the phase to last a lot longer... since we didn't really space them like I had in mind. Haha!!

You know, it's weird how easily my kids can get on my nerves or do something that just makes me sooooo angry, so fast. What is the deal with that!? I mean, I am so, so, soooooooooo in love with them. I want more of them. I can't get enough of the ones I have... And yet, I don't enjoy them in the present moment so much of the time...

Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to becoming angry. Great verse. Great advice from the God who understands all things!

I mean, there is still going to be a sink full of dishes and a dirty floor and a pile of papers and an answering machine full of messages when my kids are grown. But there won't be a mind ripe for learning, a pile of kids' books waiting to be read, a dance party waiting to happen anytime, anywhere! There might still be sunny days in January, but I won't have a toddler that wants to explore outside, be pushed on the baby swing, go for a walk... I might still lay in bed and pray, but I won't hear the sweet prayers of a four-year-old who longs for heaven, and trusts the God who made him with such innocence!

I am blessed!!!!!!!!!! If only I could remember it and SAVOR it every minute of every day!!

Check out this post on empty nest. It changed me a little bit today. http://momsinneedofmercy.blogspot.com/2010/12/empty-nestterrible.html

~Lynae