Quiet Down Cobwebs, Dust Go to Sleep

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to get back to blogging. It had been so long since I last blogged, I decided to just start over with a clean slate and make a new blog. I want a place to chronicle our daily lives these days. I feel like the girls are just growing up right before my eyes and I'm afraid I won't remember a lot of these days if I don't write them down. That's why I named this blog Babies Don't Keep. I'm sure you all have heard the poem by Ruth Hulbert Hamilton. Here it is, if not.

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing and butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I’ve grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew
And out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo
But I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren’t her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
For children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.

I just love this poem and oh my word is it true. Allie is 3 and Brylee is almost 1 and I just can't believe it! I know it is cliche to say time flies and babies grow up too fast, but they do! I think time started going triple-time after we had a baby! I want to remember the sweet times and the not so sweet.

Allie is a funny, funny child and I could almost make a blog just devoted to the funny things she says day in and day out. I plan to blog a lot of Allie-isms for us to remember. Brylee is just a sweet little thing right now, but I am sure her day is coming for some Brylee-isms. :-)

Even if no one else reads this blog, I want it for me. I don't journal and I know there are tons of things I have already forgotten and I could kick myself for not writing them down. So, all that said, I will do more of a real blog tomorrow. I mostly wanted to do an introductory/starter post. If anyone else is reading, welcome and I hope you enjoy reading about my family!