Story of Now

The battle between "living in the moment" and "documenting for the future"  is a constant struggle for me. With a 3 year old and an almost 6 month old, I know how fast things change. I know that our time together is precious.  Stages don't last long.  They are learning to roll over and pretty soon they are crawling. Learning a few words to a song and pretty soon they know many songs and are even making up their own. I don't want to forget. I don't want the memory of how they were at each age pass. I want to hold on to their "littleness." So I struggle.  Do I embrace the moment and live in it or document it? Is a memory made better in the mind or with a camera? Well, it's both I guess. There are things that can't be captured with a camera. Like when my daughters hair smells like sunshine or the way it feels to hold my baby and have her head all nuzzled into my shoulder or when I hear the older one singing...