"The days are long, but the years are short."

I dont remember where I heard that, but whoever said it was talking about the early years of motherhood, when we are dead tired because our children require so much of us.

I can see how true those words are.  I remember clearly like it was yesterday, how exhausted I was when I had all 3 of my kids in diapers.  I thought those days would never end and now here we are, almost 4 years later and I have two kids out of diapers and one who should be out of diapers before the year is through.  And its all gone by in the blink of an eye.  

Soon I wont have car seats in my minivan, or sippy cups in the kitchen.  There wont be toys strewn about, or fingerprints and crayon on the walls.  Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy wont visit our house anymore, and I wont be the one picking out what clothes my kids will be wearing .  I wont be  pouring kool aid into sippy cups, or buying happy meals, or making my kids day by taking them to the park so they can run around and scream while I sit at the bench and wave.

Im not going to be so tired anymore and I'll have more time for myself.
 
This kinda freaks me out a little.  What am I supposed to do then?  Will I adjust to my kids not needing me as much? 

As much as I complain about how I do everything when it comes to taking care of my kids sometimes I really wish they would stay little and not have to grow up.
 I dont care how tired I am or how beat I look, just please let me keep my babies little a while longer.