Why Time Flies After You Have Children

I was always told “they grow up fast” and never knew how true that was until I become a Mother.

This year has went by so fast. In fact, time has flown by since I had my daughter Noelle. People with kids always warned me “they grow up fast” and I never realized how true that was until 2013 flashed by before my eyes. I often look at Noelle in astonishment “Where did my baby go?” “Where did that time go?” Why does time fly by so fast when you have kids? It’s because now it’s not all about you. Every year in your youth you think, I can’t wait until my birthday, Christmas, summer vacation, until I graduate, turn 18, turn 21, graduate college, start my career, meet the love of my life, get married and finally have kids. When you are pregnant you can not wait to have that baby in your arms and the time crawls by. Then you have your precious baby and you want time to stand still, you want them to stay small and innocent forever. You focus more on the kids than you do yourself and you often wish you could freeze moments of their babyhood. While you are not pay attention to the time it flies by and the next thing you know it’s 2014 and you have a toddler on your hands. I look back at pictures of Noelle and have a hard time remembering what she was like as a baby. It maybe because I was sleep deprived but somewhere along the line the time went by and went by quickly. I study her really closely and try to burn memories into my mind. This is the happiest time in our life, where we have everything in this sweet little angel who lives with us. Even something simple as hearing her say “Mommy” makes my heart melt and makes my entire day better. I try to take lots of photos and videos to remember this precious time in our lives. It won’t be long before she too has a conception of time and starts wishing her’s away. Waiting for Christmas, birthdays, vacations and a life of her own.

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