It Won't Be Like This For Long

By Darius Rucker

The song I have running I know will annoy some people. I've hesitated to add songs to the blog because I think sometimes it is hard to read while music is playing. But, I HAD to add this song, at least for now.

There isn't another song out there that could come closer to summing up my life right now than this one (of course you'll need to change all the she/her to he/him). It talks about how fast kids grow up and lately it seems mine are growing faster and faster each day. I try to take the time to enjoy the phases they are in...good or bad. I remind myself on a daily basis not to wish the boys' childhood away...even after a long night of little sleep and lots of crying with a teething Luke, I remind myself to sit in the moment and enjoy being his everything. We all know that won't last.

The lines in this song that speak the loudest to me, though, are the ones about dropping off his daughter at preschool and having her cry. We all know that Matthew (still) has good drop offs and bad ones and like the song says..."some day you'll drop her off and she won't even know you're gone"....as much as it breaks my heart to hear his pitiful cries, I know this will be true of Matthew sooner than later as well and that hurts even more.

So, sorry to be all sappy and sentimental but I really wanted to share this song with my Mommy Friends and everyone else out there that I know will be able to relate...

Not too much going on these days...figured I'd sum it up in pictures....

Out enjoying the mild weather...we cannot wait until Spring!!!!Jeff got Mario Kart for the Wii for his bday...Matthew LOVES it...Mommy not so much but it does entertain him so I can cook dinner!Luke is finally sitting up well enough to go in the big boy tub with Matthew. It is so much easier to put them both in together but Matthew doesn't love Luke splashing (they are SO different) so we are still using the baby tub here and there:)I couldn't stop laughing when I first uploaded this picture! What's with this expression???!!!

Matthew bowling...as you can probably tell the ball isn't moving overly fast but he did pretty well and we had a blast!


Luke and his aunt...we LOVED having Heathy home for a week and need her to come back ASAP!!!

Next up? FLORIDA!!! 11 days and counting...stay tuned!!!!

Great Weekend!

We went up to Maine this weekend, no reason other than to get away. It is the half way point between Christmas and our trip to Florida so we figured it would give us something to look forward to...not to mention the place we stayed in had a pool and being away would force us to go out to eat! Jeff and I were anxious to take Luke swimming for the first time. He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES the water. As suspected, our little fish could have stayed in the pool all day. His brother? Not so much...he is the extreme opposite. But, he was happy to play on the steps of the pool and stack all the noodles up. He has made a little progress since last summer though. We are thankful we are able to do this kind of stuff with the boys and I absolutely cannot wait for FL, more swimming and NO SNOW!

Luke wearing Daddy's hat

Matthew not in the water as usual but working hard to stack the noodles up


Luke's first time swimming...looks a little doubtful here but believe me, he was in heaven!

A couple of goofballs ready for bed

This next picture was taken yesterday. I was getting ready to make dinner which is also Matthew's tv time of the day, when he asked me if I thought Luke would like to watch something with him. So sweet! As I was cooking I could hear Matthew telling Luke about the show. I can only hope that these guys will continue to be buddies:) The extra bonus was that even though Luke lasted less than 10 minutes...it was 10 less minutes of cooking while entertaining/holding I had to do:)