Lovin' on my littles

Oh, how I love my sweet kids!  I just read a talk by Elder Russell M. Nelson where he quoted a poem that his wife loved:

Cleaning and scrubbing can wait 'til tomorrow.
For babies grow up,
We've learned to our sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs.
Dust, go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby,
And babies don't keep.

Sometimes I don't take the time to truly cherish every moment with these little ones.  I have to take a step back and realize that this time of my life is exactly how I dreamed it would be.  Maybe I didn't anticipate the smeared food stains all over my clothes and the constant chaotic state of my home, but I did know that I would love being a mommy.  I just love each of these kids so much that my heart could burst.  Crawling all over our home with Bubs tonight brought me so much joy, even though I could have been doing dishes or picking up all of the books that he repeatedly takes off of the shelves.  And when the girlies were supposed to be going to bed, we had an impromptu dance concert, complete with solos, curtsies, and imaginary flowers being thrown on the stage.  Life is precious and I'm so grateful for every second of it.