I am having to come to terms with our littlest people becoming not so little people any longer. There are a few things a mother can count on when she has children, an unlimited amount of hugs (no matter what age), a lot of noise--laughter included, an unbelievable amount of questions, and a little growing up! Although many of us forget our kiddos are going to be getting bigger, myself included. I guess it's not that I forgot human beings grow, I just got caught up in the time I have spent with them as my little ones. I have many nick names for each of our kiddos. I called my boys "baby" until I was recently chastised by Garhett for daring to refer to him as anything but a big boy!! He made certain that I knew he was not only a boy, but a big one! Then he proceeded to tell me he would no longer be using his hooded towel. "Those are for babies!" were his exact words. I was a little crushed I have to admit. I love the little hooded towel with the cute little ears, which is probably the same reason he refused to use it any more! We are now officially done with all "baby" gear. We quit using the booster seats at the table, our baby gate has moved onto greener pastures (my brothers house), the cribs have been gone for over a year, diapers are a thing of the past---big YAY for that, there is nothing left other than a few mementos I want to keep FOREVER!! I guess our family is entering a new stage in our journey together. I do appreciate not having to wake four or five times a night to feed a baby, and the diaper thing, well that goes without saying, our level of communication is much better as well---for mom anyway, and I also love the ease of getting them in the car for an outing--no more packing the entire house to go to the park!! In the end, I just wonder where does the time go?
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