Our Last Week in Review

So, I didn't write much the last week of our days with the kids. I was trying to soak it all in. 

 I didn't want to miss one single thing we had left to enjoy of them.

But I did try to snap a photo here and there so I could remember...

Our Friday pizza and movie nights.

Leo, eating himself into a food coma.

Breakfast animals.

The day that three year old Lucy wanted to prove she's ready to be a mom...

and she put Leo down for his nap all by herself.

All the board games and laughter.

Bay Beach, again and again.

Not sure they could have ever gotten enough...

of the amusement park, 

OR Jaymee Glynn.

Making donuts

that were delicious.

And all those pre-packaged art projects.

Our last being the highly anticipated paper flowers.

And, of course, the beach. 

And that baby.

Missing him terribly is a little easier when I recall

the way Greg and I took in every last second we had with him.

Although it certainly won't ever be the same around here,

we're learning our way back to "just the three of us" again.

One More Week

So today we start the count down as we have just one week left with the kids.

When I look across the table at Leo's little cheeks and his sweet grin, I can't help but remember that next week none of that will be here. I'm trying to focus on the pros of no more diapers, high chair, dressing and buckling and especially being woken up two to three times a night... but it's been just long enough to remind me what and why all of those things are worth looking past when you have a little one.

When I walk through the living room on movie night and see six awkward long summer-stained legs lined up on the couch with toes pointed to the TV, I feel a twinge of hurt for my son who will not so long from now be the only kid left to kick around with.

Throughout the next week we will enjoy our "lasts" for the summer with Kaila, Jada and Leo. It has been so much fun to have them. They are really good, and I am proud of my cousin and her husband for making such wonderful, sweet, obedient, loving, fun kids.