We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. - Stacia Tauscher

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When I met them, They were about this size...

We have had our fair share of laughs
Smiles...

Moments...
Sweet Nothings...

Birthdays...

Timeless Pictures..
Firsts... like first 3-D Movie...




              Playdates....                               and Playtime           
When did this..
Become this?!


The two pictured above might as well be my own two children.... They were the first family I consistently babysat for, almost like a nanny, More like family... I know their Entire family... Literally, Their Parent's Siblings... All 5 Uncles and 5 Aunties, all 3 living biological Grandparents and one Step, All 9 cousins (including the new baby who was born one week ago) Their Mom's Husband and his two children and The Dad's new girlfriend... I have known these children since before She was walking... Brayden started in my class when I used to work at a Pre-School.... They've become such a huge part of my life and their family, (a second family) as well... I was given the opportunity to spend some time with them last weekend and connect with them.... I missed it... I missed sitting on a couch and letting them fall asleep on me, I missed cleaning off blood and wiping noses, I missed the most maternal times of my younger life... now by no means does this make me want to have children any sooner or any later... at all... it's just a reminder of the blessings God has given me in small person form. It's funny... because coincidence or not.. Brayden and Aubrey's names... sound eerily and creepily almost exactly the same as the names Drew and I picked for our 2017 future potential children... I can't wait... They have been the best practice I never asked for.

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