Babies Don't Keep

Just in case anyone was wondering, we still have not closed on our new house. The loaning bank we are dealing with is being impossible. Hopefully next week the house will finally be ours- after that, I fear the sellers will want to move on to greener, less time-consuming pastures.

On a lighter note, a few weeks ago, my sweet Alice started sitting up and crawling, all at once. A few days later, she started pulling herself up and standing while holding onto the coffee table or a chair. A couple weeks ago, she said "Dada"; then, a few days after that, "Mama" (we decided her first word was really "Hey!"). It saddens me to see my baby girl growing up so fast. My mom reminded me just the other night about a plaque she used to have. I looked it up on the Internet, and I want to share it with my dear readers:

I hope that my child, looking back on today

Will remember a mother who had time to play;

Because children grow up while you're not looking,

There are years ahead for cleaning and cooking.

So, quiet now cobwebs, dust go to sleep.

I'm nursing my baby, and babies don't keep.

I am so grateful to my mom for reminding me of it. I have been so caught up in all the cares that life brings that I often forget that my babies are growing up all too quickly, and soon they will leave me. When I am dead and gone, no one will remember me for the clean house I kept or the delicious cakes I baked. But maybe my children will remember me for always being willing to drop whatever I was doing to tend to their wants and needs, and for taking time out of my busy days just to play and read books.