Change of Seasons

As the season changed in September, I slowed down a bit to look back over the summer and see how much has changed within our little world.


In some ways, this could be the best time for our little family.  We aren't running between sporting events and school events, there is no homework at night, I get to be home with the kids, and Aaron doesn't have to work crazy hours.


We spend our days and nights together, enjoying these three adorable little kids.  It is a happy time for our family.


There are a lot of days that these guys make my job easy being the mom...


...and then there are the days when I really earn my stripes.


Because in some ways and on some days, this is a tough time.  Because three young ones take so much work, they make such messes and they make Aaron and I so tired.  So very tired.


But even on those days, I love this stage of our family.  I love the adorable things they say, the oh so cute way their bodies move, watching their minds develop and the total and complete way that they love their parents.


As I look back over the changes from the summer, I am all too aware at how fast these days will go by.

In these past few months, Kels is acting more like a three year old than a two year old.  She sings all the time, remembering the words to every song she hears, talks to herself as she pretends and has enough coordination now to really run and jump.  She has also fully entered the 'why' stage.

Ethan has left every piece of toddlerhood behind him and moves and thinks like a kid.  He loves to scale anything and then leap off.  When he plays sports he is starting to look like a real athlete, learning proper form and beginning to really play the games.  His mind has jumped from asking about everything he wonders about to figuring out answers himself and having full confidence that he knows it all.


And Baby Cole, obviously he has changed so much.  This summer was 50% of his life.  At the beginning of the summer all he could do was sleep, eat and grow.  And by the end, look at this kid.  He is already stealing food from his brother.  His baby year is going fast I tell ya!

If I could, I would slow down time and stay in these baby years for so much longer (but in that pretend world, I would be getting more sleep!)