I cant believe another year (and another decade!) has passed! Where has the time gone?
It seems like life has gained speed since I started having kids... I mean surely, just yesterday we had the Y2K scare, and I was turning 20. Then just a few hours later, I was turning 24. That birthday I was engaged. and pregnant. And all the sudden, another ball dropped, and it is 2010. And the year I turn 30. And I have a 5 year old in kindergarten, an almost 4 year old, and a 2 year old.
In 10 years, I have kissed my teen years goodbye, became legal to drink, graduated college, been married twice (to the same man of course :) ), moved 11 times, lived in 2 different states, and had 3 beautiful babies. To say I have been blessed these last 10 years is an understatement.
To say I look forward to the next 10 years is not. I wish time would stand still right about....NOW. And stay this way for awhile. This chaos of having young children, the busy-ness, the sleepless nights, the stress. I would keep it, if I could just keep my 5 year old with 2 missing front teeth, my 4 year old who still adores her mommy, and my 2 year old who is learning so much everyday. I know that these are "the days" I will look back on and miss so much.
So my new years resolution? To slow things down a little bit. To savor all the little moments, even the ones where I am wishing to pull out my hair or wishing I could just hide under a rock and let a tantrum pass me by. But mostly to savor the ones where someone wants an extra hug, or an extra book read to them at bedtime. The ones where I show my children and husband that they are the VERY most important things in my life.
So, if this post was a few days late, you can blame that on watching the kids play Mario Kart with their Daddy or taking Ava on girls day to Applebees. Seems I have had some other, *cough* better things to do with my time ;)
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