The Miles' Trio: In the blink of an eye...

   How does a year pass in the blink of an eye? How did we we survive? How can our babies be 1 year old? How can I get back some of those moments??? So many emotions and thoughts have gone through my mind in the past 24 hours... I don't think I was this hormonal my whole pregnancy - don't ask Travis.
   Putting the girls to bed last night made me teary, we put them down in 2011 and they wake up not only in a new year, but as 1 year olds?! That's a lot to take. Perhaps part of what makes me sad is the fact that I don't know that we'll ever experience any of these different, crazy, funny stages ever again. Whereas most people who have three kids get to experience the 6/9/12-month stage three different times, we "get" to do it all at once... and since we're so busy surviving any given stage - it sometimes makes it hard to just simply enjoy. So, that is my #1 New Year's resolution - to enjoy more and stress less. With one day down, I'd say we're off to a great start!
   The girls gave us a present this morning and slept until 8 - guess they partied in their cribs last night and didn't invite us! We had a family day - lots of play time with mom and dad, hopefully they enjoyed it as much as we did! We even did cake with them - more than a little messy and straight to the tub they went! Ryann liked the cake the best (Big Bird cake) - while Bryn had fun painting everything green (she had an Oscar the Grouch cake) and Hadley painted herself red (Elmo cake). We're having their birthday party next Sunday with grandparents and aunts in attendance... they'll get to open presents then - right now we're still enjoying Christmas gifts!
   We have so much to be thankful for - which brings me to my second resolution - to write down our daily blessings... I may not be able to stop time, but I can try to record snapshots of it so I can revisit moments as the days and years pass.

Happy 1st Birthday to our little miracles...