Last night after dinner Nathan was getting a little fussy and I picked him up from his high chair and took him to the piano. It usually makes him happy. Even though I cannot play a tune.. he likes to hear the keys.. and he was just banging away. It wasn't long before Kaitlyn joined us. She can't miss out on anything! Brandon was finishing up cleaning the dishes and then came in to join us in the living room. He took over playing the piano (thankfully) and the kids and I just listened. He actually started playing the song he wrote when I was pregnant with Kaitlyn. I was laying on the rug in front of the piano as my two children took turns tumbling over me while laughing the sweetest laughs I have ever heard. I was overtaken by the sweetness of the moment. Tears filled my eyes as I listened to the words of the song and felt the love of my little family that God has so graciously blessed me with. It is so easy to go day in and day out and miss the little moments like these. I laid there and thought to myself.. I want this moment to last forever. I cannot believe my little girl will be turning three in just two weeks. And my "baby" Nathan is literally running around the house and seems so big. Where does the time go? I want to treasure each day because they are going by too fast. There are always going to be rough spots along the way.. like Nathan crying the whole way to church Sunday.. I don't know what that was about.. but then the sweet ones always seem to outweigh the rough ones. I joked with a friend who recently came to stay with me saying "are you ready to have kids now?" after she witnessed a few meltdowns and both my kids crying at the same time wanting me to hold them. Of course it isn't always like that.. and I assured her this was not the norm.. the truth is, I would gladly take those days because there are equally if not more days that they are angels. And just one kiss from their precious lips and a squeeze from their little arms is enough to make me melt!
9 months ago
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