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in the blink of an eye: four

I would like this post to be all about how time flies. I would like it to be all about how my baby turned four last week and I can’t believe it.

Even as I type that my daughter is four, I don’t quite comprehend it.

But as any parent knows, time goes too fast.

Not the day-to-day, that can sometimes drag. Some moments–some good and some bad–seem to last forever. And there are days when I can’t wait for bed time. Not mine, but my children’s.

But today is not one of those days. Today, I want time to slow down, for my baby to still be a baby. For the most important part of our day be snuggling on the couch together and getting some tummy time.

But she’s got things to do: coloring, video games, wrestling with the dog, and make-believe with her stuffed animals. Big kid stuff.

At some point today, she’ll crawl into my lap and ask to have a book read to her.

And in that moment, I’ll hold her a little tighter than normal. I’ll breath in her strawberry-scented hair a little deeper than last time and I’ll read just a little bit slower.

She won’t notice a difference, but I will.

And that will be enough.

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Comments

  1. Lena B, Actually says

    February 11, 2013 at

    I know how you feel… my baby turned 5 in December. She seems so grown up at times! lol
    Happy belated birthday to your little beauty!!

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  2. Anonymous says

    February 11, 2013 at

    A few months before Allison turned four I told her she had to stay three forever, because I wasn’t ready for her to be four. When I woke her up on her birthday, she was all concerned/serious and asked “Mommy, are you ready for me to be four?” She will be five in June and every once in a while I have one of those moments where I squeeze her a little tighter than normal and attempt to stop time… Just for a moment.

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