Hey, Slow Down!

I find it amazing how easily you can get lost in the day to day mumble jumble and forget to slow down and enjoy each tiny moment.  We've been busy lately with school, friends, parties, playgrounds, grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, the list could truly go on.  I think today I'm going to try and put my foot on the break pedal and slow down a little bit.  This is the the fastest time of year and if you don't freeze, take a mental snapshot, and enjoy where you are in the moment, it'll fly by.

I laughed when people told me to enjoy every moment of my babies baby-hood when they were first born. I wished away sleepless moments (with Braden especially) and was hopeful for the next stage.  That changed with Gracie because we knew the time would go by and eventually we would sleep again.  I find myself understanding the advice I got more and more these days.  I look at Gracie and feel like it was a minute ago that she was born.  Now she's 16 months old.  Practically running around.  Talking up a storm. Enjoying life to the fullest.  She's a dream to watch.  I'm in love with the little world her and Braden live in.  I love watching them play, fight (seriously!), sleep, cuddle, yell, laugh, eat....they do everything together.  Their faces light up to each other when they enter a room.  We are in an amazing place right now.

With Thanksgiving coming up and Christmas right afterwards I'm vowing to slow down.  Enjoy the moments and be thankful for where I am.  Life is better than good right now.  I'm so blessed to be able to see that.  I am looking forward to a weekend full of friends and family.  We have a birthday party with old friends tomorrow morning, a cocktail party with all our friends from around here tomorrow night and dinner at my parents' house Sunday night with my brother, sister-in-law and niece.  It's a great weekend and I'm so thrilled to be spending it with my hubby and two little cuties!

I'm thankful today for perspective.  I find it easy to lose it and I'm happy to have it today.  Life goes by and without keeping things in perspective and enjoying the small stuff you can't enjoy it to the fullest.  So today I'm thankful to have my own perspective and to have a hubby who keeps me grounded when I lose that precious mindset!