Don't We Get A Dress Rehearsal?

Trying to pull myself together while I re-read what I titled this post. When people tell me to "soak these days up" or "careful they grow up fast" or "watch out they will be out of the house soon" I REALLY listen and look at both kids while one jabbers about princess' and the other asking questions like "what is skin made of"... I am sure you can guess which one that is. We go through every struggle, every triumph and in this case every BIRTHday as if there is a test at the end of the day on what they did, how they reacted and what they said, and I NEED to ace it. In other words I CRAM whatever I can in and hope that it sticks with me forever. But no matter how many times I look at them and WISH so deeply that I can remember each day, each new facial expression, I can't....(gulp). So now that our little girl is turning 3, I can't help but hold her close, study her face and pray that she slows it down a notch so that we can breath h