Reflection

I went to get Jade up from her nap this afternoon, so we could get Brooke from school... She was sleeping so peacefully, that I just had the urge to grab my camera and take a picture of her.

With three little girls in the house, our days are pretty chaotic, and there is a lot of crying and whining, and often times yelling and screaming. So I guess to some, reality is what happens when the camera isn't on, those not so pretty moments... But when I look at the pictures I've taken, I don't really remember those moments where Jeff and I look at each other wide eyed and frustrated. Instead I look at the pictures and I am reminded of what really happened... our kids were having fun and we are making memories together as a family, even if there is commotion in almost everything we do.

No matter how many photos I take, or blog posts I write, I can never experience these moments again. My heart breaks knowing that Avery is hardly a baby anymore, and I'll be planning her first birthday before I know it. Jade is now a toddler, expanding her language, and will be starting activities and preschool within a year. By next year, Brooke will start kindergarden. I need to remind myself that when I'm having days that feel like they will never end, that, one day, probably sooner than I want, I will be begging for those days back.

So thats it for now... just a little reflecting...Life is beautiful.