Baby Book Blues

So tonight I decided to fill in some missing information in the kids baby books. I have so enjoyed opening these from time to time and looking back on what they could or couldn't do and different ages. I quickly added some details in Jimmy's book and then opened up Skylar's. The book we had gotten for her had enough space and questions to go through the 2nd year and ends asking about their favorite things as a 3-year old. As I filled in all the details and reflected I became sad. Time has gone so quickly and they are already so grown in so many ways. I want to keep them little and innocent for as long as I can. I am so proud of all the wonderful things they have learned to do but yet there is still the sadness too. I think the hardest part was filling out the last page in her book. The last page in her BABY book?? Seems like yesterday I wrote on the first page and the last page seemed impossibly far away. So, there it is - the constant conflict that is mothering. Allowing these precious little people the room and space to grow even when we want to keep them little forever.