I was sitting here thinking about the fun times I had up at BYU, great friends, late nights, roomates, dating, crazy activities, always going, going, and doing something fun. I do miss it.
I also just love this new stage of life being newly married and pregnant, in a family ward here in AZ. We live in a one room apt. and Kent is trying to get through school. It is a happy time and fun to do things together as a married couple.
I caught myself thinking today, I can't wait for the baby to come and to have a real house one day; that will be fun. Then I thought about something me dad told me: that this time in our lives is a precious time when it will be just us two and to enjoy it. After this baby comes life will never be the same for us.
It reminded me of this song by Trace Adkins You're Going to Miss This.
Two thoughts. 1) Life with kids is a lot harder. It's messy, it's complicated, it's illogical, its emotional, it's incredibly inefficient, everything you own gets ruined. But it's way better. You gotta have faith in that. 2) My advice to folks pre kids is SLEEP IN EVERY CHANCE YOU CAN. You will not get to sleep in ever again possibly. Go to random, unplanned things, grocery shop. Hold hands. Hands will be busy doing other things later. Enjoy for sure, but know that the best years are yet to come.
ReplyDeleteYour dad is so right!! Mike and I had five blessed years together before KG came along and we really had a lot of fun together. BUT, that being said, our young one has made our marriage so much more fun and meaningful. It so awesome doing things as a family now (like going to the zoo...KG's entire being lights up!) even though it is a little harder and more time consuming. We also laugh now more than we ever did before KG came along. Can't wait to see your little one!!
ReplyDeleteTrue...the whole missing things that have gone by:) Thanks for the post!
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