I was looking through pictures last night on a nostalgia bender. And I totally apologize in advance for the sugary sweet overload of this post, but BY GOD ALMIGHTY AND ALL THAT IS HOLY THIS WORLD when I saw this one from when D-man was born, his hand next to Hubby’s, it broke me into a million pieces and then more because I couldn’t help but think of each time I held the kids for the first time. Looking into their eyes, examining all their fingers and toes, wondering what the future held for them. Drinking in their beauty.
And let me tell you that newborns are beautiful, especially when they are yours. You can’t help but look at them in total awe & wonder thinking “I helped make you & you are perfect in every way.” Even if they have a weird big toe you don’t care because you LOVE EVERY DARN PART.
I remember the look of Hubby holding them for the first time. He beamed love from every pour like sunshine radiated from him warming everything in his presence with his love. It’s the same look he has when he tucks them in at night. That look that crushes me. It makes me love him more today than yesterday.
Now the kids are all growing up so fast. They are such amazing little people & before I know it they’ll be grown up. Heck they might even be blogging about their own families one day & have their own nostalgia sugar-laced posts about their children. But I can remember when all their hands looked so small. I can remember when we they fit snugly against our bodies and their hands melted into the palms of ours. I want to hold those moments close to my heart & never let them go even if time moves forward.






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I agree. My kids are now 23 and 25! One advantage? Grandchildren…they are the best.
Time moves WAY too fast when you have children.
What an awesome picture!!
I totally agree! My kids are 10,15 & 18, but when I look at their little baby pics and how small they were compared to now, and how helpless they were compared to now, I lose it.
LOVE LOVE LOVE that photo…
and needed a tissue warning with this post Beth! It really moved me.
awwww! I just went through a day of nostalgia…my baby turned one yesterday. Where does the time go???
such a fab photo! we have tiny hands in our bathroom, makes me teary eyed everytime I take a moment to look at them. A big thank you for making me very broody- I would so love number 4, but too old now. will have to wait for grandchildren….
oh wow. i am so with you. little e turns one in just over a month. and i am so so nostalgic. it hurts, actually. i should be excited that she’s progressing, but I just want to keep her as my little baby…
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful picture. You should have it blown up extra large, in black and white finished off with a beautiful frame.
Sadie at heyMamas
Time is flying here. I can’t believe my little one is going to be two. Stopping from SITS!
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