Nine in, Nine out
>> Friday, August 28, 2009
He's been out for as long as he was in.
I know what I'm supposed to say.
It's gone too fast.
The time has flown by.
They get big too quickly.
But by my third time around, I learned a little secret. It doesn't have to go so fast. If you soak it all in, absorbing each moment, striving as hard as possible to just hold still - there, in the experience of it all - time passes at just the right pace.
He may be getting bigger, but he's still the baby.
My baby.
10 comments:
i love how most of your posts, even the most succinct, always manage to make me a little misty. so glad you're enjoying every moment - it's been much of the same around here!
oh, that last picture! the little hand hanging on...so so sweet!
I love your blog...I'm not sure how I found it, but I was drawn to the title most certainly! I have three little boys too! Life is always amusing....
Oh, you're so very right! In "the experience of it all, time passes at just the right pace."
And those watermarked pictures look lovely!
so true, love'd seeing you this weekend too. once school starts lets have coffee & playground time.
I am so glad you are savoring those moments with your baby!
i could relate to your last post about wanting to sear the memories into your brain forever. i have used those exact words myself. i will never forget, when i was pregnant with indigo, jude had just woken from a nap and i had brought him into bed with me to nurse. he nursed and i could feel indigo moving about inside of me. the rain poured down. i wanted to hold onto that moment forever. the other night it rained and my mind went back three years to that exact moment. i was so glad i had taken the time to be present -- to indulge in that moment -- to sear it into my brain... and forever carry it in my heart.
about the messy house -- i am a work in progress on this and am mostly okay with that! i always say that i did not become a stay at home mom to clean house all day. but one thing we have started doing is asking the kids to help us. every day when dan calls saying he is coming home, i ask the kids to pick up the messes they made. we'll set a timer and clean together for a certain amount of time -- 15 minutes maybe. this has really helped. dan and i spent so much time picking up after the kids and so we felt like it was time to ask them to pitch in, too.
If only I could figure out how to savor every moment amid our own chaos...
Happy 9 month birthday from one Axel to another!
Thanks for sharing your secret ;)
Childhood's season is so brief. Savor every moment.
Just reading this now. And I completely agree. This third time around I'm not letting it go as fast. She's my baby. And I'm enjoying every moment.
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