I was just staring at this picture that I posted on Instagram today…
…and I began to panic.
Isabel just turned two in May. TWO! She is only two, but when I look at this picture, she does not look like a toddler. To me, she looks like a little girl. A shrunken little girl.
Where did my baby go?!
Knowing that Isabel will be our last child makes it even harder to see her grow up and change. Eleanor has always looked like a little girl to me. Even when she was a baby, she didn’t look like a baby. Isabel, on the other hand, was a round mound full of baby fat. Now that she’s thinned out, she’s looking more like a little lady. It really does make me sad.
One day I’m ecstatic over the fact that the girls are potty-trained, then I’m sad the next because they’re that much closer to becoming self-sufficient adults. One moment I’m dying to get them in their own beds in their own rooms, so I can enjoy a good night’s rest without someone rolling on top of me in the middle of the night, or kicking me in the back, and the next I’m lying restless in bed because I miss my babies. One minute I’m ready to pull my hair out because they’re driving me batsh*t crazy, and the next I’m engrossed in a sea of kisses and hugs and the sweet sound of laughter.
As much as I enjoy watching them grow, it breaks my heart all the same. I can never get enough of my girls. They truly are my world.
Motherhood is the most insane emotional roller coaster I’ve ever been on. They should make pills for this.
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I know I feel exactly the same way!!! It’s so sad as much as it is rewarding to watch them grow. sniff sniff
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My baby is 2 too and I don’t know where the time went
PAUSE please!
Its tough. enjoy it as much as you can. Mine are 19 & 16 now and it always freaks me out how quickly it went by….
I feel the same way about Mason. It goes by too quickly!
She’s absolutely GORGEOUS. WOW
My daughter just turned 2 in July so I know the feeling. She’s such a big girl that she doesn’t look her age and definitely acts like a 16 year old. WHYYY do they have to grow up?!
Mine just turned two too. If you find a pill you’d better share!
Your daughter is gorgeous! My son is nine, and if I think about it too long… I’ll start crying. Sigh.
I feel like you were in my head when you wrote this.. My little girls are growing up way too fast and it is bittersweet.
I agree! She does look little girl-like, and it’s so bittersweet. Fortunately, they have fun personalities which are adorable to watch progress from stage to stage.
It certainly is more of an emotional roller coaster than I expected. Mine are 3 and 4. I go through the same internal struggle.
Oh girl, I know exactly how you’re feeling. Especially now that they are going back to school….wah!!!!
I have that same feeling all the time…it goes too fast!
LOL! Great post. Enjoy it now.
I feel the same way. I wish time would slow down!
It happens so fast. This year, my oldest left for his second year of college, and my youngest will be in kindergarten full time. I am loving the freedom, but sad at the loss of all of my babies.
They grow up so very fast!
When you find it let me know. It’s too late for my children but maybe in time for grandchildren?
Enjoy your little sweetie.
Let me know if you find it! I’m going to have FOUR teenagers in a year!
She’s so pretty! Good luck finding the magic pill.
She does, she looks older than two, and yes they do grow so fast!!
It’s amazing how fast they grow!
you got that right. I swear if I can hit a pause from time to time I would
I know the feeling. I can’t believe my daughter is 8.
Such a cutie – and when you find that button, let me know
too quick!
Sweet baby!
And, I know what you’re talking about –my youngest is 14 months and every day I find myself sad at how much older and bigger he is with each passing moment. Sigh….
Time goes by so fast!!! I often say I want time to stop so I can really savor my kids even more than I do now LOL
If there was a product to keep our babies from growing it would probably sell like hotcakes!
Mine is 5 now, and at some moments she looks like such a big girl, then others… she has a baby face. They do grow up so fast.
My oldest is going to be 16 in a couple months. It makes me feel old. I try to take advantage of each day I have with them while they are young.
She is so sweet! I know what you mean though time goes by WAY to fast.
My ‘baby’ girl turned 12 in August, and my boys are not 4 and 8. It feels like they should all be toddlers–time goes so fast when you have children in the house.
LOL She is adorable, but yes, once they start talking and babbling, watch out!
Aw, I feel the same way about my little guy. It goes too fast.
What a little cutie and I spot a Tea Collection top as well!
They grow up way too fast! it seems like my daughter was just that age yesterday and now she’s 15.
I hear you. I so wish there was a pause button.
Roots and Wings are the hardest things we will do as parents. She is a doll, but I hear you – it goes SO fast!
She is just precious!