I just e-mailed a client who is due in a few weeks to confirm our newborn session, which made me want to visit my blog posts from 2008, when I was pregnant with Emma and Acadia was about a year and a half. I have become obsessed with these simple days, which I thought were somewhat boring at the time. Acadia looking at snow for the first time, feeling a bit sad about having my second child (only because I knew it would take away the precious time I had with Acadia), cooking meals in our little house in Colchester, video taping Mercedes, laughing with my Grandparents.
Why does life go by so quickly? The quote I can best describe my life is, "The days are long but the years are short" - so cliche but true. Acadia was just 18 months. How is she 5 now?? How is she going to start Kindergarten in the fall? It doesn't seem possible.
Looking back at my blog, as I did today for the last hour, I realize that what I love and miss most are the most "boring" details. Having Acadia sing a song in her little 2 year old voice. Seeing Emma as a newborn, nursing and snuggling with me. Laughing with my Grandma B and Grandpa G. Making meals while trying to get a two year old in her seat, and an infant in my Ergo.
All these details that we take for granted as parents, really and truly are tiny miracles. I feel so blessed with all of our amazing memories we have as a family, and feel lucky to live in a day in age where we have something like blogs where we can keep pictures, videos and stories of our children and lives.
Over the last year, I have seen this blog as a waste of time. Not because I don't love blogging - I would do it as a full time job if I got paid for it - I love it! But because of all the demands I have as a stay at home mom. Pick ups from preschool, Kindergarten registrations, laundry, cooking, cleaning, making beds, playing with my girls, reading to them, etc. When I'm on the computer, I am thinking of a million other things I "should" be doing. But looking back at this blog is a good reminder of how important it is, to keep our memories preserved.
We have an amazing life. And I feel like the luckiest woman in the world to be able to document it all!
2 comments:
Yes! Blogging does take a lot of time, but at the end of the year a splurge and buy a blogbook...kinda like a public diary! Anyway, I LOVE flipping through the pages and having that "history" to look back on and possibly share w/ the boys when they're older...keep it up, my friend!!
I, and so many more, love looking back several years at your posts, reading your words, looking at snapshots you take of the life you're creating for Acadia and Emma...
Sometimes, we value, and measure our time... in how you use it, what you do with it...but spending time on the blog, capturing this life, is priceless... So proud of you for creating this ever-evolving memoir.
:)
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