My Babies

It's funny some times when you consider the things that you "can't wait for", Almost puts me in mind of the phrase "Be Careful What You Wish For You Just Might Get It".  I Love my children and all of their accomplishments, but some times I miss my babies.  I loved the infant stage when they would sleep on you for hours or just being in your arms made there crying stop.  At the infant stage I also longed for just a few minutes to myself.  I remember the toddler stage with my daughter and wishing that she could talk to me and tell me what she needed.  Now I cherish the time's when she is quiet, because once Laci learned to talk she never stopped.  There is not a thought that enters her mind that she doesn't share with anyone in audible range.  My toddler son is now beginning to communicate with speech and I am so excited for him; although I worry that he too will have tons to say.  I remember saying "I can't wait until they can walk" and then you have the challenge of catching them, when they run off in the store.  I see my son learning and going through the same stages that my daughter did and it brings back so many memories.  I just love the toddler stages, they do so many cute things.  The fist expression from tasting something "different" or the creative ways they manipulate their parents.  They way they take delight when they realized they "Can do it".  I used to love choosing outfits for my daughter to wear each morning, but now she has definite opinions about what she wants to wear. The sad part about the toddler stages is that afterward,  they really are not babies anymore.  They then become little people with their own ideas, wants and opinions.  That opens up to great new stages, but the discovery of babyhood is gone.  I look at  pictures and remember the "firsts"; then see how far they have come.  I try to appreciate each day with my children because they really do grow up so fast.  My advise is not to spend the first few years wishing they could or would do this or that, because before you know it they will.