He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all nite
Layin' there in bed listenin'
To his newborn baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It's gonna be OK
It wont be like this for long
One day we'll look back laughin'
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
It won't be like this for long
Four years later bout four thirty
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clingin' to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This will only last a week or two
It won't be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won't even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won't be like this for long
Some day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the isle
And he'll raise her Vail
But right now she's up and cryin'
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her goodnight
She says her prayers
He lays down there beside her
Till her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin' her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows
It won't be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah this phase is gonna fly by
He's tryin to hold on
It wont be like this for long
It wont be like this for long
This song came on at work today and then tonight on my way home from Elba. I cried (of course) when listening to it in my car. Anyone that knows me knows that I associate everything around my children's lives. I love them with all my heart and I try to spend every second I can with them and I hardly ever turn them away or down. I even still hold Heidi when she asks me because I know it won't be long before she won't ask me anymore. They have a special place in my heart and I give them lots of hugs and kisses and I would give them the moon and stars if I could. Sophie is going to come into this world with a mom that loves her so much already. My love for my kids is so unconditional and unexplainable. I'm not the type of mom that likes to have time to myself or even think about spending time away from them if I don't have to. It's very rare that I do stuff for me. I take my kiddos most everywhere I go. If both aren't with me, at least one is normally.
But this song really hit home tonight.... my baby girl is 4.... HOW??? HOW did this happen so fast? She is so stinking bossy that it's sometimes funny. How did she grow up so fast? How does she know so much? Have I missed out? My baby boy is 14 months. Where did that time go? It seems to become the same routine everyday. Wake up, get myself ready, wake up usually Heidi first and dress her, get the bag ready for daycare, then we both wake up Karter and get him ready and we're out the door. I work an 8 hour day.... so I'm not spending those 8 hours with them... someone else is. Then I pick them up and we come home and play our little hearts out... and somewhere in there we eat supper and I try to do everything else that needs doing... but that's what... 3 or 4 hours at the most??? 5-9.... sometimes Heidi stays up later... but Karter is asleep in my arms right now as I type and Heidi is laying on the couch. But we lose focus and focus too much on the "routine".... I need to learn to not do that.... not to be such a "planner"... let things kind of happen.
Anyway this song just really made me realize all sorts of things. Maybe one day I can be a stay at home mom. That's my ultimate DREAM JOB!!!
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