Time flies when you're having fun...but sometimes too fast

I can’t believe how fast time flies when you’re having fun. Peyton has already passed up the 5 month mark and I feel like she’ll be asking for the car keys next month. I remember calling my mom the first night after delivery and crying because she was growing up so fast. She told me not to worry because she wasn’t even a day old yet, but I had no idea how fast all of those days would go. It makes me sad to think that pretty soon she won’t want to snuggle and be held like a baby anymore. The Darius Rucker song, “It Won’t Be Like This For Long”, is so true. I break out in tears every time I hear it. Below are the lyrics. If you’ve never heard it, look it up and listen. You’ll see what I mean.

He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all nite
Lay'n there in bed listen'n
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be OK

It wont be like this for long
One day soon we'll look back laugh'n
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
It wont be like this for long

Four years later 'bout four thirty
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This will only last a week or two

It wont be like this for long
One day soon we'll drop her off
And she wont even know your gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It wont be like this for long

One day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times you'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And he'll raise her veil
But right now she up and cry'n
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers
He lays down there beside her
'Till her eyes are finally closed
And just watch'n her it breaks his heart
'Cause he already knows
It wont be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah this phase is gonna fly by
He's try'n to hold on
It wont be like this for long