Mommy Emotion

It is amazing the perspective you get when you are away from your children. Sometimes it takes a weekend trip, other times just a few hours. I stayed home from Church yesterday because I wasn't feeling well and I kept thinking to myself how fast that 3 hours was going, it was so nice to be home in the peace and quite, I didn't want it to end. Right on schedule I heard the car pull up and the back door open and in comes the family.

I was surprisingly struck with such an overwhelming amount of emotion. As my children came through the door one by one I could not believe how big they were. As if it were possible for them to age a year in the 3 hours they were away at church. Ry has lost all hope of looking like a little boy anymore. He had bonked his head on a door at church and was still a little sad about it. I pulled him in for a hug and just couldn't let go until he started to wiggle, "Mooooom! Let me go!" And Jena came dancing and singing in the door like usual but I couldn't believe how thin she seemed and beautiful. She has changed the most to me in the last year, grown up so much I can't believe the pictures of her only 1 year ago and how small she was. Jena however will let me hug her as long as I want. And sweet Sara, she is changing by the day, I just can't keep up! It seems every day she is getting braver, trying new things. She watches you and you see that she has a whole new understanding on the world. She is starting to really try and play with the older kids and her laugh is so wonderful.

I think we I just go from day to day going through all the motions and forget to really see my family. I need to slow down and enjoy all the little things, all the pictures they draw just for me, all the questions they ask 10 times, all the things that are so exciting to them. My family is so Wonderful, I am truly blessed, and I don't know what I would do without them!