Thursday, March 4, 2010

Has it ever just hit you?

I took Michael to his 4 year old well child check today.  HIS FOUR YEAR OLD well child check.  When on earth did FOUR years go by?  Michael was just my newborn bundle of joy such a short time ago.  Yet here he is a big boy.  Even my Angelia will be 5 this May.  What?!  That is obsurd!  I have no idea how my Deonna could be 6 in May.  Robel has been home for EIGHT months.  He will be TEN on August 1st.  My oh my I will have a pre-teen.  Yikes.

I love having older kids.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!!  I love babies...but I really love holding sleeping newborns.  But they grow...and get squirmy and cry for no reason that can be determined!  I love pre-schoolers and older.  They are so fun and absorb so much!

My Deonna read me a book this morning.  Wow...literacy is so amazing.  Robel is also learning to read and is improving everyday.  Amazing what a promised Play Station & perhaps the 4th grade with his church buddies will do for a kids determination to read!  It is tough but it is so rewarding.  He is really picking up on sounding out words, breaking them down into smaller parts, etc.  Yay for perserverance!!!

Here are some then and now photos of my kids.  Enjoy!


DEONNA 14 months old



ANGELIA 1 day before her 1st birthday


Little Baby 7 weeks old...Giant Baby 14 months old


One of my FAVORTIES Deonna's first time to the beach August 2005 (17 months old) She is holding my sister Holly and I's hands.


My Trio!
Angelia (11.5 months old), Michael  (4.5 months old), Deonna (two days past 2 years old)


Robel at 40 days old (the picture is a gift from his brother, Teddy)


Rub-a-Dub-Dub three babies in a tub!
July 2006 (ages 2, 1 & 6 months)


Michael & Angelia


My baby girls.


The much needed & much used...triple stroller!  No they are not triplets...yes, I got asked this MANY times.


My handsome, sandy 9 year old son!  Home for 8 months already!


My gorgeous big girl nearly 6 and missing 1 tooth.


Where did the rolls go Angelia.  My little miss thing!


Yup...my baby.  Or at least the youngest in our family.  My big boy, Michael

As I sifted through literally thousands of photos...my mind played the song "through the years..." over and over and over again!
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5 comments:

  1. Marcy KestnerMarch 5, 2010 at 5:23 PM

    whoo hoo another post. love it. I can't believe those kids are growing so fast. I guess that means we are too! yikes
    I love love love having older kids too except when they show their occasional sassy teenager side. : )

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  2. BethanyMarch 6, 2010 at 8:04 PM

    Going to the zoo with you and your freak stroller was always a delight. We had to stop all the time so people could ask you where you got it. :)

    I love your chubby babies!

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  3. Dixon DevilsMarch 9, 2010 at 10:15 PM

    You SANG "Through the Years" over and over again. Admit it. I know you Sister!

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  4. MindyMarch 10, 2010 at 12:25 PM

    Okay, okay...I SANG "Through the years". It really surprises me how fast my kids are growing! To see the progression in photos makes it so real!

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  5. HeidiMarch 16, 2010 at 7:29 AM

    Take a look at my blog. That is how I feel about you 6!

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