So BIG!....

Every once in awhile I look at the kids and it just hits me like a ton of bricks and I think, "When did they get sooo BIG?!" Maybe it happens more than every once in awhile though :) It will be at random times too. We may be playing, making dinner, or getting ready for bed and all of the sudden I think, "WOW!" They look 2 inches taller!! When did that happen?!
Kaleb is huge! He is just 4 yrs old and looks like a 6 yr old to me. He fell asleep in the car tonight on the way home and I had to carry him in. I laid him down on his bed and I had one of those moments. He was hanging off of the bed as I took of his big shoes. Uhhh, where did the time go? He also seems so old because of the conversations we have :) Today in the car he was looking out the window and says,
Kaleb: Mom, I wish I could fly someday
Me: Like a bird flies or in a plane?
Kaleb: Umm, like in a plane.
Me: Well, did you know that you can do that when you grow up if you want to?
Kaleb: I can ?!
Me: Sure you can. You can go to school, learn a lot, and do really good. Then you can go to a pilot school and learn to fly planes.
Kaleb: (silent)
Me: You just have to work hard and be a good boy and you can do it....Kaleb, isn't that exciting?
Kaleb: Uhhh, mom I was just wishing.
Me: Well, buddy, I'm just saying that you can make your wishes come true if you want to.
Kaleb: O..K...Mom. (as he eye rolls me in the rearview mirror)
LOL, I think that the hard work and being a good boy changed his mind :) Hehehe. Also, I think that my little pep talks are sometimes annoying. But, I don't care. I'm going to keep giving them, that's part of my job description :)
Ella is turning into such a little girl every day. She insists on picking out her clothes every morning and tells me how she wants me to do her hair. If I want something different, forget it! :) She is so sweet yet sassy at the same time. I was so used to her being itty bitty that now that she is gaining weight, it seems like so much to me. She is actually getting some chunk back in her thighs! I always tell her that I am hungry and ask her if she has any chicken for me. She laughs and tells me to eat her chicken legs....and wings :) Plus as she gets older she is discovering ways to use her body that she didn't know before. Recently she has been moving her legs around so much more. They are still super floppy and there is no way that she could ever put weight on them but regardless, she is moving them. I will post a video soon! My mom and dad watched them tonight and the videos actually made my Mom cry, got me teary too. It is so amazing getting to watch her grow along side her brother. From thinking that we would never see any of this to living it every day is such a blessing :)
Thought for the day: Enjoy your babies every moment you can, they grow WAY too fast!!