Wonderful Little Reminders

Recently I have had lots of wonderful reminders that things in my life are changing. These reminders have taught me that there are many beautiful things ahead of me, and that with every thing there is a season. I have begun to get a deeper sense of what this really means. I would like to share some of these things; I don't really have a journal, so this is the best place for me to really jot these types of things down so I can remember them later.

This week I reorganized Hayden's room. While I was doing that, it was my first time that I packed up his tiny, tiny baby clothes. This made me sad and excited at the same time. While my little baby is still very little, he is most definitely past the newborn stage. I am enjoying playing with my 'not so small' guy. He giggles and smiles at me when I play with him, he adores reading books with his Dad, and he loves to be with me 24/7. While I am enjoy all this, packing up his clothes still made me sad because he is growing up. I guess this means I will be having more babies then. I already miss having a newborn. I had the newborn fever again when I got to hold my friends little week old boy, and I had to pass him back to her.

Next reminder: Kyle has this little patch of grey hair on one of his temples. When I run my fingers through his head at night, I always notice it (note: Kyle is in denial that he is graying, so I don't bring it up). But this little patch always makes me smile. This reminds me that I am one lucky girl to get to grow old with this man. This reminds me that we will only be getting older, and that I need to enjoy my time with him each and everyday.

There have been a few more reminders, that I feel are a little too personal for me to share here. Words can't express how I have been prompted recently to enjoy EACH day. Enjoy family moments, enjoy my hardships (as hard as that may be for me), enjoy all that life has to offer. I never realized how busy I could get. But as busy as I am right now there have been several moments in my days where I have been able to pause, take a  breath, and find beauty in my somewhat crazy life. I am grateful for all that I have been given. I am grateful that I have such a loving husband who supports me, and a son that I adore more than anything. Life couldn't get any better.

To end my post, I wanted to add some pictures of my 'not so big' boy. He is already five months old! Crazy!