Where'd It Go?

So my Sister, Sam has a a fantastic bunch of kids. Four actually and they're all great in their own ways.  The youngest, a boy (who is my GodSon, TYVM) is growing every day and each time I see him, we share a special moment together that is so little but so important, it deserves a mention.  A few weeks ago, Sam and I were talking about her baby boy while he played in my living room.  She was all smiles when she told me something that really caught her off guard.  As it was just her and the baby during the day, with the other kids at school, she was cleaning the living room with her son toddling around her.  One moment he had something in his hands, the next, he threw it and mom says "where'd it go?" and puts her hands up.  Then, the baby looks at his mother and imitates her exactly, plain as day "were it goo?"! First full sentence just out of no where.  Now, I had to see this for myself.  So she calls my little baby doll over and picks up a small ball and drops it. "Where'd it go?" she asks him.  He looks up at her with a big smile on his face and again, with the cutest little baby voice "were it goo"?

You know that feeling in your chest when you're so happy, you get this hot little sensation where your heart is beating? Yeah, that's what I felt when this darling little boy said it for me.  And we did this over and over again, each time more precious than the first.  Ok, so maybe this is one of those bigger moments in life that is so small it makes an impact on you profoundly.  I can remember my son not talking at all all the way up until 2 years old. Then one day, out of the blue, he comes up to me and pats the refrigerator door "Mommy, juice please".  All this time I thought he was a slow talker he was actually LISTENING to everything being said around him enough to put an entire sentence together rather than just having a first word.  I mean, he said "Dada" for the longest time but that was it... otherwise, the wheels in their tiny little heads never stop turning and they're like sponges when it comes to learning.

Mother's, teach your children while they're young, even if you think they're not listening... they are.  They hear and see everything that goes on around them in a different view point than our own.  Treasure these little moments with your babies.  They grow up fast enough and you'll wind up asking yourself "Where'd It Go?"