Does It Ever..

... just stop your breath? Looking at your children, listening to them chatter on about friends, school, sports.. and realizing how far they have come? Sometimes I catch myself just looking at them and wondering how time managed to slip by without me really noticing it. One minute they need help tying their shoes and the next they are telling you they are going to go jump in the shower.. by themselves. One second they won't let go of your legs.. the next minute they won't hug you in front of their friends.

I don't MISS them being babies.. but it's like watching a miracle in progress. Seeing your babies grow into actual people with personalities that just develop more and more and get stronger and bigger. And realizing.. you helped create that.

My little monkeys will be in 4th and 2nd grade next year! in 2 years Robbie will be in MIDDLE school!! Where DOES the time go?

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It does.... all the time. My kids are just 6 and 4, having had birthday's last month... It's crazy. Last night I was helping DS memorize a poem he is reciting at his Kindergarten graduation ceremony and he just floored me that he could memorize this whole paragraph! And then when we got ready for bed, he read me a book. My baby boy no longer needs me to read to him

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Yes, all the time. I look at their little bodies and think, 'Wow, I did that..." And the people into whom they're becoming...wow, it IS just overwhelming. Especially now that my older DD will be fiive (FIVE?!?) in September and is graduating from Pre-K tonight ( ) I just realize how the passage of time just speeds up exponentially the moment you become a parent.

A miracle...that's about right.

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Posted by Eireann

Yes, all the time. I look at their little bodies and think, 'Wow, I did that..." And the people into whom they're becoming...wow, it IS just overwhelming. Especially now that my older DD will be fiive (FIVE?!?) in September and is graduating from Pre-K tonight ( ) I just realize how the passage of time just speeds up exponentially the moment you become a parent.

A miracle...that's about right.

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Message edited 11/27/2011 6:00:40 PM.

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I get driven around by my child.
We're looking at colleges.

Next year, I won't have any children in elementary school. (Until Lily starts in 4 years)

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I love it! DS was a late talker and I was nervous at first. My ped kept telling me "don't worry, there will be a day that you wish he would stop talking"

I still think about that comment when DS starts blabbing on about something and I sit back and enjoy it!

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All the time - it's often little moments that I want to freeze like yesterday - we were in Target I turned around and Jack was standing in the aisle reading a book. I flashed back to him in that same store at about 2.6 sitting in the cart reaching for a Thomas train.

I try to remember to hold on tight because it moves soooo fast.

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Of course! And I am so grateful when I can appreciate those moments instead of missing them. My DD who is finishing Kindergarten was reading a book to my 4 yr old earlier. I had to take a pic bc they were so cute. And I am amazed at her reading skills. She went into Kindergarten not reading and is coming out a really good reader, I was impressed as h*ll!

Sometimes I see a pic of my DS #1 and he is wearing a shirt than now fits DS #2 and I want to cry bc I feel like 3 1/2 years went so fast. Was I there? Really present the whole time? That happens in so many ways the clothes thing brings old memories up so fast.

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I'm not like this with my oldest too much. However, she was always a tomboy and never into girly things. She always has more boy as freinds than girls b/c she is rough and tough. She has always hated the phone etc.
Recently she befriended a few new girls, is now on the phone and doing girly things more than ever. When I realized what was happening my heart sank. She is growing up and I can't stop it.

My little ones I can't even think about them growing up. Yesterday I got some hand me down cloths that were size 6. They are a 3t now. Looking at size 6 made me
I can't even imagine!

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Posted by chmlengr

It does.... all the time. My kids are just 6 and 4, having had birthday's last month... It's crazy. Last night I was helping DS memorize a poem he is reciting at his Kindergarten graduation ceremony and he just floored me that he could memorize this whole paragraph! And then when we got ready for bed, he read me a book. My baby boy no longer needs me to read to him

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Posted by Eireann

Yes, all the time. I look at their little bodies and think, 'Wow, I did that..." And the people into whom they're becoming...wow, it IS just overwhelming. Especially now that my older DD will be fiive (FIVE?!?) in September and is graduating from Pre-K tonight ( ) I just realize how the passage of time just speeds up exponentially the moment you become a parent.

A miracle...that's about right.

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I've been doing this a LOT lately. DD is 11 and graduating elementary school in a few weeks. I can't imagine her in middle school and it scares me !! She's grown so much (although she is a little peanut still) and I am amazed everyday at what a great girl she is. Come December I get to start all over with another little one though !! That scares me too !!

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Posted by chmlengr

And then when we got ready for bed, he read me a book. My baby boy no longer needs me to read to him

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Posted by avamamma

Posted by Eireann

Yes, all the time. I look at their little bodies and think, 'Wow, I did that..." And the people into whom they're becoming...wow, it IS just overwhelming. Especially now that my older DD will be fiive (FIVE?!?) in September and is graduating from Pre-K tonight ( ) I just realize how the passage of time just speeds up exponentially the moment you become a parent.

A miracle...that's about right.

Five was a very hard Birthday for me too. I don't know why, but I guess it really means that they are grown up!

What really gets me on almost a daily basis is Ava's hands.. I am with Brody all day- he will be 2 in Spetember. I am holding and wiping his chubby, baby hands all day. Then at night when Ava is in the tub and I wash her hands, they are big hands, people hands...she doesn't have those baby hands any more, she is all grown up and doesn't need me as much!! Can you tell I have PMS??!!