Five weeks Already

I am having a hard time coming to grips with the idea that my youngest child is now five weeks old. It often just feels like yesterday that I was holding her for the first time. In reality though I know she is five weeks old; she is getting bigger and becoming more alert each and every day.

With this realization, I also know that my other kids are getting older. My little guy is going to be three next month and is getting taller. My oldest is going to be 15 in November and is taller then me. Makes me sad to see them growing up so fast.

I wish life would just slow down and allow my children to be children. My oldest daughter wants nothing more then to be so independent that she can live on her own without her parents. Hard to believe that in three years this could become reality as she goes off to College or University.

With my little guy turning three next month the reality of him going off to school in a years time also sets in. I worry about how he will do at school and if he will enjoy it. Yes I know it won't happen for another year yet, but still I worry about him.

Now that the wee miss is five weeks old it just means a sooner return to work for me. One that is determined by several factors and the waiting response of funding for me to remain home or the lack of and needing to return to work.

Five weeks old and already so many differences.