Lately I've been looking at baby pictures of Rhyan and wondering how he got to be such a big 3-year-old boy with such strong and vocal opinions.
-No Mommy, not that song!
-No Mommy I don't want to wear those shoes!
-Not that Tom and Jerry Mommy. I want to watch a better one!
I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's moving way too fast. I cherish my role as a mother. I love it when Rhyan takes me by the hand and says, "Let's go to Rhyan's room Mommy." He wants to hang out with me and that's very cool. But I know how quickly it all will change. It already is. He prefers to hang out with Daddy and spend Saturdays with him at the gym. Soon I'll be traded in for friends and social outings. It breaks my heart a little--this thing called motherhood. So I'm trying to drink it all in. Taste every single moment. Hold it in my hand gently like the precious jewel that it is.
Lately this has become one of my favorite quotes: "Making the decision to have a child-it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." --Elizabeth Stone
I am slowing it down and living in the moment. Enjoying this little guy and every precious moment he wants me to share with him. Even if it includes playing trains days on end.
