Slow Down

Earlier tonight I was nursing Presley before putting her down to sleep. When I finished I put her up on my sholder to burp her, which technically I don't have to do anymore, but I do. I love the feeling of her head resting on me and her arms around me as far as they will go. I could sit this way for hours. It is one of the best feelings EVER!

As I was patting her on her back, I thought, "I never want this to end. I never want Presley to grow up and not put her head on my shoulder and let me rock her to sleep." But she will. And it will happen sooner rather than later.

Moms often say that babies grow up to fast. Time flies from the time our babies are born. In a blink of an eye, our newborns are toddlers then preschoolers and so on. We want the process to slow down. But maybe it is us moms that need to slow down. I often find myself so bogged down in everyday life that I do not take the time to slow down and enjoy the little moments with my girls.

This afternoon as we traveled back home from the grocery store, Rebecca started drifting off to sleep. Being that it was almost 5:00, I did not want that to happen. I kept teasing her about closing her eyes and reaching back and tickling her leg. When we got back home and I went to get her out of her car seat, she was playing what we used to call opossum (pretending to be asleep). I played along and got her out of her seat. She let me carry her into the house all the while still "sleeping". Her head was on my shoulder. Her arms were around me. It was a wonderful feeling to hold my all too busy, almost 3 year old like I used to when she was a baby. Instead of slowing down to enjoy the moment, I plopped Rebecca down and said, "I got to get the groceries out of the car."

True it is hotter than hot here and I did need to get the groceries out of the car, but they could have waited a bit longer. I should have slowed down and soaked up that special moment that Rebecca was allowing me to relive.

My girls are not going to stop growing. Time is not going to stop passing us by. I am just going to have to slow down and enjoy every moment.