In Jesus' Name We Pray

 Farrah's prayers are the same each night. 

Dead Lord Jesus, Thank you for this day. Please don't let any scary or bad things happen tonight. Please let Daddy remember to lock all of the doors. Thank you for Mommy, Daddy, Kaden, Kylie, Augusta, myself, Cookie Dough, Lenox, Willa, and Nala. Please don't let Daddy have any trouble on the farm tomorrow. Please let my whole family know I love them so so much. Thank you for our happiness and our health. *Insert a couple specifics.* In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

Augusta's is also the same. She prays:

Dear Lord Jesus, Thank you for this day. Thank you for Mommy, Daddy, Kaden, Kylie, Farrah, and myself. Thank you for all the things. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. 

Augusta gets hot with a lot of blankets so she usually only covers up with a small yellow sheet-style baby blanket, but lately her toes hang out. She said, "I wish I had a medium blanket," so I got a crocheted one out of the closet for her to use also, and I told her that she is growing bigger. Her bottom lip turned turn and as she began to cry, she said, "But I don't want to grow up." I told her that she'll still be three for awhile longer, and there's so much for her to learn and do as she grows like reading and riding a bike, baking and shopping, and learning to drive. She kept insisting she didn't want to grow up. I asked her why, and her little cute chubby lips turned so puffy and sad, and she said with tears coming out of her eyes, "Because you won't hold me anymore." I promised her I still will and Farrah reminded her of the book I read, "Love You Forever" and how that mommy still holds her grown-up child. I promised I would be by her side during all of her growing up. She then prayed to God, "And please don't let me grow up."

God, of course, please let Augusta grow up and continue to grow and learn and develop and thrive. Please allow the same for all four of our perfect children. Please let us soak in these days of Augusta being little, and the youngest stages each will ever be, so much that my heart knows that I cherished each day to it's fullest, and so I can focus on the following stages and not yearn too badly for these but that I can look back on today and be even thankful for all of the needs they ask of me, all of the worries as a parent, and all of the chatter and love we share as a family.