Those little "growing up" things

[Jenna]

Awwww.....talk about feeling real funky. I let my daughter go for her first sleep-over last night. She's only three, but she was going to stay with a bunch of her cousins, over at an aunt's house. *laughs* I almost couldn't let her out of the door. It's kind of funny, except that I was missing her before she even actually left the porch. Because of our close living space, she sleeps in the same room with her father and me. So, I'm used to getting up at night and making sure that she is covered up. I'm used to her padding across the room and snuggling in bed with me before we go down for breakfast.

I'm such a mush head!

I was joking with my husband last night about how I don't know how I'm going to make it through her starting school. lol Don't you ever wish that they would just slow down a little bit? I'm not in this tremendous hurry for her to grow up or anything. Still, each day she grows a little more, learns a new word, does something smart, or makes me laugh by mimicing my body language and word useage.

 

[Violet]

I know what you mean. I cried when I had to stop shopping for her clothes in the toddler section. She's eight now, which still blows my mind, and wow what a difference one year makes! Last year I was the coolest person in the world...she looked up at me w/admiration...and I knew everything. But now, I'm a nerd and don't know Jack lol. She doesn't have a baby face anymore...my husband just told me yesterday "I have a feeling that I'm going to have to invest in a pretty big shotgun when she gets into middle school." No! I don't want her to be in middle school! I want her to be seven again and stay that way forever!

 

[Jenna]

Being a parent is scary............ lol There isn't a day that I don't feel humbled at the responsibility and the gift. Maybe some of the reason why I am so funky over her growing up is because she is our only child, and we may never get this kind of experience again. I feel like wrapping my arms around her and telling her that she can't grow up, that I don't ever want there to be a day when she can't sit in my lap and hug me while I stroke her back and tell her stories. I'm definitely not looking forward to the day when "I lub you mommy" turns into "you never let me do anything!" and "you don't understand me!". I'll be content with the ABC song for a while.........

 

[Violet]

awww, no more babies Jenna? You know, I've actually told Victoria to please stop growing....lol she tells me I'm so silly. You just reminded me of the days she use to mispronouce words like "lub" and her name is Victoria but she use to tell everyone her name was "Bitoria" lol...awww!

 

[Jenna]

Violet,

I have a very difficult time carrying children, and that makes it difficult for us to make a decision to try for another child. My husband and I have been through some pretty rough situations, having to have buried our son, and we don't know if we can in good concious try again. We are working through it, and taking baby steps in putting the circumstance where it belongs....in God's hands. As it stands though, we are accepting Annabelle as our only trip through parenthood, at least until the Lord decides that it should be time for that to change.

You know, I was out with my sister yesterday, and every time Anna would try and tell her something she would have to turn to me. lol I would have to translate everything that she said, though to me it all sounded perfectly clear. *laughs* I hear "lub", I hear "love". I hear "gampa", I hear grandpa. When she puts the words together backwards, I still know what she is meaning to say, proper grammar aside. lol It's these things that I just love so much though, that and the sound of her laughter when I tickle her and she squeals like a liow pig'et. (heeheehee....) We are so goofy together, and I love it. I stripped my hair so I could fix my color, and she just looks at me with wonder and shock. "Mommy, your hair is yellow!" Then she wants to touch it and play with it. *laughs* Yellow is her favorite color. She tries to feed me potato chips and french fries, just for the sake of being nice. She grabs my hand and pulls me across the sidewalk when it rains, yelling, "run mommy, run! we're going to melt!", as she squeals with laughter and calls for her 'mbella'. Yeah, God really got it right when he said that children were blessings. All I have to do is remember that when she's stealing my clothes, giving me dirty looks, and getting into my make-up. *laughs*

 

[Violet]

I'm so sorry I hope I didn't make you sad by asking you that question. And I'm very sorry about your little boy

Let me just tell you that I think it's awesome that you're savoring every moment of your daughter's life. You are a wonderful mother. And she sounds like a beautiful spirited little girl. It sounds as if the two of you are best friends and will stay that way. People say that my daughter and I seem more like sisters....but I think that's because I was 16 when I conceived her and we've grown up quit a bit together. We bicker a lot but she knows when I'm serious and respects me. And even though she doesn't think I'm cool right now~she tells me that I'm her best friend and it makes my heart melt! I just pray that that will never change. When I read your last post my eyes teared up! It was just so sweet the way you talked about Anna. You truly are blessed!

 

[Andry]

Thank you for sharing your experiences, both sad and joyous.

Today was my 4yo's graduation day....from playschool! The 'ceremony' brought tears to my eyes!

Lately he's been singing (and quite accurately):

"I'm leaving, on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again....All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go, I'm standing here, outside your door..." Another grown up moment .

 

[Jenna]

Awww......that is just the cutest! I love it when Anna sings me songs. *nods* We're a very musically oriented family, and it must makes my heart happy when she sings. We are still in the "itsy bitsy spider", "Old McDonald", and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" stage right now though. *laughs* But now I've got that song stuck in my head. Heeheehee......

 

[Jenna]

Oh Violet, don't worry a second on it. You didn't make me sad or anything. I'm very happy to have had the experiences that I have, even losing my little boy. If it wasn't for his influence in my life, I wouldn't have come back to God. He saved my life.

Yeah, Anna and I are great friends. I'll tell you though, there are days when she doesn't think so very much. lol We're going through that stage where I say 'no' and she freaks out. She really hurt my feelings a couple weeks ago because I put her in her chair for a time out, and she told her daddy that she was trying to make magic to kill me. I know that she doesn't really understand what she is saying. She gets the stupid 'magic' notion from a tv show that her young aunt (9yr.) watches. It really did hurt my feelings though, and I had to fight real hard not to cry. Isn't it interesting how such a small person can have such impact?

 

[WolfGate]

Jenna - while I take pride in my children's (currently 5 and 2) milestones, such as the first sleepover, I do agree I wish they'd slow down. I can handle being proud a little less frequently if it would give me more time to enjoy these treasures.

 

[jharkins]

This all sounds too familiar. I get upset everyday thinking about how fast time has gone by since I had my son last June. I just don't want the day to come when I can't hold him anymore and cuddle with him!!!

Today my husband and him met me for lunch at a local pizza shop. I parked next to my husband's truck on my son, Joziah's, side. When we were finished we walked out and I gave my goodbye kisses. I waited in my car until my husband had him in his car seat and was out of the way so I could wave goodbye to Joziah. When my husband moved out of the way...Joziah was already waving goodbye to me!!! All I could think was how sweet it that little boy!!

 

[HeatherJay]

My 5 year old, Emily, lost her first tooth last week!! And this week she has another one that's really loose and ready to fall out.

I had been thinking about it, and worrying about it, praying that God would keep her from being afraid...yes, I know it sounds silly to be so worried about it, but she just can't handle blood...she doesn't even like to hear people talk about it, and she won't even look at her tiny boo-boos until I put a band-aid on them. But when it happened, she didn't even really notice it. She came over and said, "Mom, I think my tooth is gone." I looked and sure enough, it was gone (I found it sort of tangled in her hair). She didn't cry, didn't worry about it, and it didn't even bleed. God is so good to listen to even the tiniest of my prayers.

But all I keep thinking is, "No, I'm not ready for her to start losing teeth! She doesn't even start Kindergarten until August!" Just thinking about it makes me want to get all emotional and weepy. My little baby is growing up.

I keep thinking about that part in Finding Nemo when Marlin and Crush are talking about kids growing up.

Marlin : How do you know if they're ready?
Crush : Well, you never really know, but when they know you know, ya know?

Okay, now I need to go have a good cry.

 

[Jenna]

Okay, now I need to go have a good cry.

Quit that, or you're gonna make me ink! *giggles*