Cherish every moment

As I write this my children are growing right before me, every moment of every day. And there is no way that I can stop this. Not knowing if we will have more children, I need to remember to cherish every "first" as though it will be the last. Owen's first giggle may be the last first giggle I will get to enjoy; Ella's cute little witty comments on how things "should" be done, (well those comments, I'm afraid, will keep right on coming), but I will cherish everyone of them.

~Moment to cherish #1~

How many of you have had the guts to let a 4 year old help you paint your walls? Well today we did. Ella got her own little bowl of paint, her own paintbrush, and her own wall to paint. When asked where all her paint had gone and how she could possibly use so much in such a short amount of time, she quickly replied, "It's because I have a small bowl", of course, why hadn't I thought of that, it couldn't be because half of it is on the floor and the front of her shirt! If you do ever get the opportunity to paint with a 4 year old, I must warn you that you will need to look at their work about every two minutes. Not to see if they are doing it right, but because you are told, "look at what a good job I'm doing mommy." Moments like this are priceless!!

~Moment to cherish #2~

I had the most enlightening conversation with a 3 month old today! As Owen and I sat on the couch, me in the reclined position and him on my lap facing me, he told me all about his day. I would talk to him and ask him "how his day was?" and then, like he understood, he would talk back so seriously. Then, like he had just told me a joke, he would laugh like it was the funniest thing he had just said. This of course made me laugh at him, and who wouldn't have, it was just so darn cute!! Anyways, we had a very good heart to heart talk tonight. I hope to have may more of these little conversations with him in the near future.

~In Closing~

I love these moments and will cherish every single one of them!! And I hope that you take the time to enjoy and cherish every moment of your life, because you never know when that special "first" may be the last "first" you get to enjoy.