The first time I heard this song was at the Grand Ole Opry. I had a very sleepy Isaak on my lap --who complained every time the music stopped :) -- and Trace Adkins came out and sang a few songs. When he sang this one, I bawled like a baby...and I still get all teary-eyed every time I hear it!
Trace Adkins -- You're Gonna Miss This
She was staring out the window of their SUV
Complaining, saying "I can't wait to turn 18"She said "I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules"
Mama put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said "I was just like you"
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her "It's a nice place"
She says "It'll do for now"
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says "Baby, just slow down"
Cause you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
And she keeps apologizin'
He says "They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but...
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"
I listened to this today in the car on the way home from Walmart...the timing could not have been more perfect. SOMEDAY, I will miss having a four-year-old who out of the blue, pipes up and proclaims loudly in the checkout line at Walmart, "Mommy, I still don't like touching Mommy's underwear."
Yes, she did.
And only she, Jaela, Macey, and I knew she was referring to our shared chore of sorting out each person's clean laundry into piles. Which we haven't done for months. (Because I found it to be quicker and easier to just sort the laundry straight out of the dryer into baskets and give them each their own basket full of laundry to fold and put away.)
Did I mention it was completely out of the blue? :)
Someday, I'm gonna miss this! 
