Mommy Cam

I wish that when our children were born a tiny camera switched on in our brains that could be recorded and saved FOREVER!  A camera that took pictures just as we see it, and takes a video that cannot be erased or faded by the years.  There are so many moments I try to capture and hold in my mind and heart forever.  I have to remind myself to take a mental picture. 
Today while walking out of Kroger, we had one baby in the stroller and another working on a gumball in the cart.  I glanced back at Jon to ask him something when I saw him ducking below the yellow balloon that was tied onto the cart.  I smiled and took a picture.  We have arrived, we ARE parents and the babies just keep getting bigger no matter what I do to try and keep them little!  I know one day I'll miss those yelps for a cookie at the bakery counter.  I'll long to hear a plea for the free baloon at the florist booth. 
After Nate's bath he found his blue blanket while I was searching for warmer PJ's before dressing him for bed.  He was running down the hall when I found him and he turned to look at me, wearing nothing but a diaper and the blue blanket wrapped like a scarf around his neck and a cape behind his back.  His hair was tossled and his blue eyes were shining as he smiled.  CLICK!  I took myself a mental picture.
These are simple, sweet moments not often remembered individually or even written about in a letter.  But they matter in the biggest of ways and I cherish the small, simple moments that happen everyday.