It is just too cute to see Eli and Sammy in the bath together. It makes us realize how big Eli is getting, and how fast time is passing. It seems like it was just yesterday when Eli was that small and in the bathtub all by himself!Makes me think about making every moment count, because before I know it my little babies will be all grown up and all I'll have are the memories.
"Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said: “The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. … I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less” (Loud and Clear [2004], 10–11)" --Quoted by Elder M. Russell Ballard
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Haha! I love the last picture- it looks like Eli was done with the picture taking :). I LOVE that quote!! I've actually been thinking about that a lot, especially since Samuel seems to be growing so much faster than the other two did! Where does the time go? I'm looking forward to when they are older and can talk with me, but I'm learning more and more to enjoy the small, simple and fun moments that I have with them now. Can you believe that Eli and Ashelyn were just babies when we first met?! Crazy!!
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