"You will never have this day with your children again. Today is a GIFT. Breathe and notice. Study their little faces and feet. Relish the charms of the present. Enjoy TODAY...it will be gone before you know it." -Jan Hatmaker.
The moments we have with our kids are fleeting. Sure the long nights seem like they drag on forever, the temper tantrums frustrate and annoy us but really when it all comes down to it we love our kids. Part of me wants them to just stay young and innocent forever, part of me can't wait to see what they will become.
I take a fair amount of photos and videos of my kid, (ok who am I kidding...it's excessive). But I make sure that when I am taking those pictures that I am not missing out on the quality time I need to spend with him. I don't want my kid to grow up and think my face looks like the lens on my Canon. Most of my photo shoots with Noah when he is posed in an outfit mom picked out last all of 20 minutes. I wait until he is asleep to edit the pictures and the rest of my time is dedicated to "Daddy Noah time."
I consider myself pretty lucky because I don't have a job that requires me to travel. I may work long days, but I get just as many days off in return. When I spend the day with my son we spend the whole day together. We play chase and hide and seek. We play with trucks and trains. We read countless books and we sometimes nap on the couch. We eat together and we learn together. Sometime I learn as much from him as I hope he learns from me.
Noah is slowly picking up the pace when it comes to talking. He has a handful of words that we understand and the rest is just babble. But the other day while playing in the tub I caught this video of him that I had to share. If you have ever seen Mickey Mouse Clubhouse you will know what he is saying...even if you haven't I think the video is pretty adorable.
It's the moments like these that i don't ever want to forget. These are the moments I could watch on replay in my head forever. They never cease to make me smile.
