"you're gonna miss this"

i'm not wildly crazy about country music.  but there is this one song....it creates in me all sorts of emotions and i think the message is completely 100% accurate too....that's rare, hey?  i've sung along loudly through many bathroom cleaning moments.  i've also uttered the main line under my breath many times on challenging days with my little cherubs.  "you're gonna miss this....you're gonna miss this....you're gonna miss this." when Trace Adkins sings this tear jerker it gets me every single time.  honestly, i'm already missing parts.  there are certain steps of this journey called "parenthood" that have shifted in a really nice way as we've transitioned out of the "baby/toddler" stage~ and still other parts have gone by sooooo fast...

below is a captured moment that i'll truly miss terribly (sniff, sniff) in only a few short years....

my sweet Layla, whose names means "dark beauty", catching her beauty sleep with rollers in that she requested.  (i've slept like this and it isn't comfortable).  but she loves unrolling them in the morning and seeing the perfectly formed ringlets that bounce as she walks.  i'm gonna miss this....