IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG...

EARLY THIS MORNING WHILE I HELD TAYA AFTER A NIGHT OF 2 HOURS OF SLEEP AND A LOT OF CRYING BOTH ON HER PART AND MINE, THIS SONG PLAYING ON MY PLAYLIST, CAME ON CMT. I STARTED TO TEAR UP AGAIN WHILE I WATCHED DEREK IN THE KITCHEN GETTING READY FOR WORK AND RUBBING HIS EYES FROM BEING SO TIRED. HE CAME OVER TO GIVE ME A KISS AND TOLD ME WE'D BE OK, AND WHILE WE LISTENED TO THE SONG WE HAD TO LAUGH AT HOW IT JUST NAILED US RIGHT ON THE HEAD. I REALLY DO KNOW IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG...AND IN WAYS, FOR THAT I'M GRATEFUL AND IN WAYS THAT SENTANCE TUGS AT MY HEART....

GRATEFUL THIS PHASE WON'T LAST FOREVER


BUT IT TUGS AT ME THAT BEFORE WE KNOW IT RYLEE WON'T WANNA CLIMB ON TO DADDYS LAP,

TO GIVE HIM HUGS

OR THAT BEFORE WE KNOW IT THIS TINY FACE WILL BE TALKING BACK TO US


I HAVE TO HOLD ON TO MOMENTS LIKE THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE WHAT MAKE THE ENDLESS NIGHTS AND THE HARD WORK OF MOTHER HOOD WORTH ANYTHING AT ALL.

HOW LONG WILL RYLEE BEING EXCITED TO GET HER PRETTY EASTER DRESS ON AND GO TO CHURCH LAST? I HOPE SHE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THIS DESIRE AND LOVE THE GOSPEL BUT I'M SURE SHE'LL HAVE HER DOUBTING TIMES, SO TO HAVE HER STILL SO PURE AND INNOCENT STILL, IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO CHERISH!

I KNOW IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG, I'M SURE AS THEY GROW UP THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO TAKE PICTURES OF THEM FIGHTING THEN PRECIOUS MOMENTS LIKE THIS. I CAME INTO THE ROOM AND FOUND RYLEE TELLING TAYA ALL ABOUT HER BOOK. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M TIRED, EXHAUSTED AND SPENT AND FEELING OVERWHELMED BUT THE REMINDER THE SONG GAVE ME WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO PULL ME THROUGH ANOTHER DAY OF A NEWBORN CRYING AND THE ENERGY OF MY 2 YEAR OLD. IT WONT BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG AND I DON'T WANT TO REGRET WISHING THIS TIME WOULD PASS.

He didnt have to wake up

He'd been up all night

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 dont you worry

This will only last a week or two

It wont be like this for long

One day soon you'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 isle

And he'll raise her vale

But right now she up and cry'n

And the truth is that he dont 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

It wont be like this for long