{"id":3120,"date":"2010-01-07T13:25:45","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T18:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2010-01-07T18:25:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T23:25:56","slug":"like-a-ton-of-bricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=3120","title":{"rendered":"Like a ton of bricks…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, it hit me today as I was watching a Jif peanut butter commercial. (Which is ironic in itself; I never watch television. I just happened to turn on the television in the kitchen as I was eating a bowl of cereal for lunch.) A teenager in college received a care package from her mother. She was calling to thank her for the comfort food and love from home. The mom answered the phone and said, “Hi college girl.” That’s when it hit me. In ten years, McCanless will probably have narrowed down her college choices. At 16, I was entering my junior year of high school, I thought I knew everything and was on a one way track to USC. I thought of the experiences I lived through, thank goodness<\/em>, and thought of all that I had in front of me at that point in life, with so much to learn. McCanless will be there in 10 years. 10 years is not a long time AT ALL. I was in tears again as I thought, “Then Mary Clare is only three years behind her.”<\/p>\n

\"Peanut<\/a><\/p>\n

Am I crazy?<\/p>\n

Okay, so I know she is only six, but still I’m a mom. I want my babies with me forever. My tune may change as my “babies” grow into teenagers. For now, though, I wish I could freeze time and keep them with me always. I love the midnight sounds down the hallway when I realize that I’ll soon have an additional snuggle partner. (I find it fun to guess who it actually is. A thud and hard, slow steps and a pillow dragging behind mean McCanless is on her way. Quiet and quick pitter-patter foreshadows my youngest baby girl who will inevitably ask for juice as soon as she climbs into bed.) I love taking McCanless to school with me and love that she is proud to walk down the hallway hand-in-hand with her mother for now<\/em>. And if only Mary Clare’s complete trust in me and belief that I, as her mother, can fix anything would last forever. I know so much of this will change, but I’ve got my fingers crossed. (We can always buy a king sized bed as they grow taller, right?)<\/p>\n

I’ve found that I love each phase of our lives more and more as the years pass. I can’t imagine having more love and more fun with my little family than I do right now, so I can’t to see what is in store for us! Hopefully, I won’t have to face anymore peanut butter commercials any time soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, it hit me today as I was watching a Jif peanut butter commercial. (Which is ironic in itself; I never watch television. I just happened to turn on the television in the kitchen as I was eating a bowl of cereal for lunch.) A teenager in college received a care package from her mother. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3136,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions\/3136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}