My Life in Pictures: Time Sure Flies When You're Havin' Fun!

About this time four years ago, I was checking into the hospital (yet again!) convinced that I would be sent home (yet again). Then I heard the most glorious words that I have ever heard. "Looks like you are going to have some babies tonight." That nurse will always have a special place in my heart! Tonight, I cannot believe that four years have come and gone. It seems like just yesterday that they were snuggled up in the same little glass (plastic?) box. Abby all round and chubby and Ben with his loose wrinkly skin that got even wrinklier (it's a word) when he cried. I know it couldn't have been more that a couple weeks ago that they were learning to roll (Ben's preferred mode of transportation for quite some time), and crawl, and walk, and talk. And now they are four! How did that happen?!?

In case you are unfamiliar with the creature that is a four-year-old, let me fill you in. Four-year-olds have big hands and big feet and they kind of look like puppies waiting to grow into them. They make jokes that are most of the time not all that funny but every once in awhile make you laugh so hard you cry. They can do many things by themsleves. Get dressed, use the bathroom (THANK GOODNESS!), play, eat, and even make their own peanut butter sandwich (which, by the way, is totally entertaining to watch). They don't always need a hug before I leave for the day but I always get one when I return. They ask questions (still!!) about everything. They forget nothing. They go to school and are getting ready to read and write and they love a good "project".

Tomorrow night, after I put my four-year-olds to bed for the first time, I know that I will probably have a melt down of sorts. I always do on their birthday. It's not that I am not happy that they are four, it's just that I know I will never get back what has passed, and I loved that too. I am sure that four will be just as fun as three and that many new adventures await us. But it is hard for this momma to move on and I just barely got used to the fact that they were three.

So tonight, I leave you with some pictures of the past (gasp!) four years!