Sometimes there are moments I wish I could just freeze and hold into forever.
Like how baby joe sleeps with a monkey pillow pet on his face each night. How he puts his hands in the air when he gets excited. How he says thank you every time I make him a bottle or how he throws a huge fit every time we don't let him feed himself. I want to remember how he chuckles every time we let him talk on the phone or how putting the vacuum to your hand and jumping makes him roll with laughter.
Or how Hinalei wants to be read dozens and dozens of books each night. How she plays pretend every night with her dad and she is Belle and he is gaston or she is Wendy and he is Peter or she is Tiana and he is prince navene. How she loves to eat boiled eggs at any meal and thinks cheese is a food group. I love how she already tries to get Joe to do something I already told her no to and how he falls for it every time :).
Sometimes I have moments of sadness when I realize that these moments will soon be gone and replaced by school and friends and maybe even FB. People are right when they tell you that your kids are only little for a short time.
While motherhood for me does not come easy and I feel like I am flustered most of the time and most days I know that it is worth it so much more than any satisfaction a job could give me. It is definitely the hardest thing I will have to do but when Hinalei or Baby Joe snuggles on my arm or calls out to me instead of there dad I know I must be doing ok.
Sorry this post is more for me than anyone else but I just want to remember every detail of them when they are young!
