They Grow Up So Fast...

Last week, I was in the store buying a graduation card for my husband. I had the twins with me, in their stroller. Next to me was an older woman, also looking at graduation cards. And crying.

"My daughter's graduating from high school," she told me. "It's just now hitting me, I guess."

I put my hand on her arm and said, "That must be so hard, I can only imagine."

She gestured towards the twins in the stroller. "Enjoy your time with them," she said. "They grow up so fast."

And I know that is absolutely the case. My mom was saying yesterday, "The babies don't seem like newborns anymore. They're little babies now." They have already outgrown some clothes. And this past week we went from newborn diapers to size 1.

Today, Mother's Day, I've been sitting in the rocking chair, breastfeeding my kids individually and rocking them, stroking their heads and just being very quiet and still with them, trying to make time slow down. My husband says the way to make time go slower, to enjoy them more, is not to have a lot going on, to keep our days as open and free as possible, so there's plenty of time for just rocking babies. 

Part of me is really looking forward to seeing how these kids grow and change. Another part...a big part...wants to freeze time and have things as they are now forever. Breaks my heart to think of them as 18 and heading off for college. I'm sure I'll be crying in the graduation card section, too...

XOXO