Growing up and growing out

It is crazy to think a little over 3 years ago I was handed my baby girl and nearly a year ago, my baby boy. Now I have to start planning my little boy's first birthday. It eels as though I am constantly having to go through their closets to sort out the sizes of clothes that they have outgrown. It seems only yesterday my little girl was small enough to tuck in one arm and now she is so big she lays across half of my body when we snuggle. Allen too is getting big and no longer a little arm snuggler. His idea of snuggling is rubbing his slobbering mouth all over my shirt and face. They are quickly growing up and even though I am home with them all the time it seems like it's all passing too quickly. It almost feels as though they are just zooming through their childhood and I'm holding on to the bumper trying to slow them down. I can't even imagine what it will be like when one day they are heading out on their own. I have been thinking about it often with all the up coming grad parties. I am going to try to savor every minute I have with them until that day comes. I love my little darlings and I hope some day they will grow up and be able to feel the love I feel for them towards children of their own.

Proverbs 1:8-9 “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.”