Not to worry, my beloved husband has returned so the everything can now return to normal. And can I just say my beautiful little B was so adorable last night. We came home from dinner and I looked at her and told her, "B, we have to take a bath. And after the bath we are going to go to the airport to pick up Daddy because he's coming home tonight on the airport. So let's hurry and get in the bath so we can go." And she ever so sweetly looked at me and rambled incoherently for a few moments, signing Bath and Airplane to me and making sure to throw the word "Da-da" in as well. She then made sure to stay up the entire ride to LAX, yelling out "Da-da!" during the ride just so she could see her Daddy. It was so sweet and I love this new side of her as she begins talking and her personality becomes more and more apparent. It's fun. So that's my Mommy moment for today.
On to Music Monday...
It Won't Be Like This For Long
by Darius Rucker
He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all night
Layin’ there in bed listenin’
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be OK
It won’t be like this for long
One day we'll look back laughin’
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
‘Cause it won't be like this for long
Four years later ‘bout 4:30
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This’ll only last a week or two
It won’t be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won’t even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won’t be like this for long
Some day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And he'll raise her veil
But right now she's up and cryin’
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers
He lays down there beside her
‘Til her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows
It won’t be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by
So, he's tryin’ to hold on
‘Cause it won’t be like this for long
It won’t be like this for long
***
He'd been up all night
Layin’ there in bed listenin’
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be OK
It won’t be like this for long
One day we'll look back laughin’
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
‘Cause it won't be like this for long
Four years later ‘bout 4:30
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This’ll only last a week or two
It won’t be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won’t even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won’t be like this for long
Some day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And he'll raise her veil
But right now she's up and cryin’
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers
He lays down there beside her
‘Til her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows
It won’t be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by
So, he's tryin’ to hold on
‘Cause it won’t be like this for long
It won’t be like this for long
***
The song is pretty self-explanatory and let's face it any parent can relate to the lyrics as time seriously seems to fly by faster when you are a parent. Every time I hear it come on the radio or play on my iPod, I immediately am brought to tears because it jumbles everything I feel and have felt as a mother into one.
It especially takes me back to the night of my 25th birthday. B was two and a half weeks old and it was probably like 3A and she had been screaming for a good 3-4 hours nonstop. And I remember passing her back and forth between M and I, trying to figure out what was wrong with our sweet baby and how could we soothe her to sleep. At the time I remember we were so overly tired and stressed out. It was one of those ever so frustrating/overwhelming nights in the beginning. There are a few other nights I remember as well and this song takes me back to those moments and makes me look at who B is today. And how precious those beginning moments were despite how frustrating and overwhelming they were. And how fast she grew up since then.
Parenting is never easy but it's such an amazing experience to witness and be apart of. I can't imagine not being a mother and I can't imagine life without my daughter.
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