TINY MOMENTS
I'VE JUST LEARNED TO APPRECIATE
THE LITTLE ONES.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE, WEE!
♪
>> I THOUGHT I WAS TOPPED OUT.
HALEY IS BEYOND A DREAM, A WISH,
A HOPE, A PRAYER
AND JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT
EVERYTHING WAS TO THE MAX, HOPE
POPS IN, AND YOU SEE YOUR
HEART'S ABILITY TO EXPAND.
AND NOW I CANNOT IMAGINE MY LIFE
WITHOUT BOTH OF THOSE TWO LITTLE
GIRLS.
>> THAT WAS AN AWESOME KISS.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THE WORLD.
I MISSED IT.
AND I MISSED IT HAPPILY.
THE NEWS OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN
LIKE WATCHING THESE TWO LITTLE
GIRLS CHANGE
YOU BLINK, AND IT'S DIFFERENT.
>> HI, LITTLE GIRL
>> AND IF YOUR EYES AREN'T WIDE
OPEN, YOU'RE MISSING IT.
I'VE DONE NOTHING BUT WATCHED
SECOND
[ LAUGHTER ]
I WATCHED HALEY GO FROM SAYING
WORDS TO FORMING SENTENCES
I WATCHED HOPE GET ON HER SIDE,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ALREADY, AND
FLOP OVER.
I'M CALLING THAT A FULL-ON
ROLLOVER
I MEAN, IT WAS CLOSE
SHE MIGHT HAVE JUST TIPPED
HALEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
>> HALEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
RIGHT NOW?
>> HALEY IS AN AWESOME BIG
SISTER
I MEAN, LITERALLY, SHE WAKES UP,
SHE OPENS HER EYES AND HER FIRST
WORDS ARE ALWAYS "GO SEE BABY
SISTER HOPE?
GOING TO SEE HOPE, MAMA?
AND SHE KISSES HER ON THE HEAD
AND ANY TIME I TRY TO TAKE A
PICTURE, SHE GOES, "SMILE,
HOPE."
IT'S THE CUTEST THING IN THE
WORLD.
>> STRETCH, BABY HOPE.
OH, THAT WAS A GOOD STRETCH.
>> BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME OF
THAT KID JEALOUSY THAT YOU HAVE
WITH YOUR BIBBY SISTER
LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN I PICK HOPE
UP, SHE'S LIKE, MAMA
PUT HER TO BED
LIKE, SHE WANTS HER DOWN AND
OVER THERE
♪ RING AROUND THE ROSY ♪
>> WE MARCH AROUND THE HOUSE TO
ALL THE SONGS.
ITSY BITSY IS A BIG HIT.
>> HOLD ON, HERE WE GO
HI, MR. BUS DRIVER
GUESS WHERE WE ARE
WE'RE ALMOST AT THE PARK
>> I LIKE THE LITTLE THINGS,
TOO, LIKE I LIKE PUTTING HOPE IN
THE STROLLER AND HALEY ON THAT
KICKBOARD THING AND PUSHING
THEM
AND I WAS WALKING YESTERDAY AND
THIS GUY GOES, LOOK AT YOU,
HAPPY PUSHING THAT STROLLER.
I GO, THIS IS LIKE MY FAVORITE
THING TO DO.
♪ HELLO, HALEY, IT'S GOOD TO SE
YOU, TOO ♪
>> AND IT'S GREAT TO GO TO THE
CLASSES.
THERE ARE CLASSES OUT IN THE
PARK
IT'S LIKE BEAUTIFUL AND A GUY
NAME RYAN IS PLAYING THE GUITAR
AND THE KIDS ARE ALL SINGING
SONGS.
IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL MOMENT,
BUT WOW!
HERE I SIT
YOU'VE GOT TO JUST SOAK IT IN.
HOW MUCH FUN HAS IT BEEN, LIKE
WHEN THE DOORBELL RINGS, HALEY
POPS UP, "WHO'S HERE
WHO'S HERE?"
AND IT'S SO FUN.
LIKE, PEOPLE HAVE WALKED THROUGH
THE DOOR, SAVANNAH AND JENNA
CAME, AND AL ROKER, AND JUST ONE
BY ONE, EVERYONE FROM THE SHOW
CAME OVER.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF
THE DAY.
>> TO THE SWING.
>> WANT TO GO TO THE SWINGS?
>> HAVING THIS MOMENT IN LIFE,
AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE, DOES
KIND OF SNAP THE WORLD INTO
FOCUS.
I HAVE MY NORTH STARS, TWO OF
THEM
>> OKAY, HERE WE GO!
WOW!
>> LOOK, WE MISS A LOT OF OUR
LIVES.
WE ALL DO.
WE WORK.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE PULLING ON US
BUT FOR THIS TINY LITTLE WINDOW,
I GOT TO NOT MISS ANYTHING
>> HOLD ON
>> AH!
>> OH!
>> THAT WAS NICE.
>> SO, HOW ARE YOU FEELING THIS
MORNING?
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'VE COME BACK
FROM MATERNITY LEAVE
YOU HAVE, TOO.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE
BITTERSWEET.
I MEAN, WE'RE SO LUCKY
WE LOVE OUR JOBS AND WE LOVE
BEING HERE, BUT YOU KNOW,
IT'S --
>> I DO HAVE SOME OF THAT, I
HAVE TO SAY, BUT I WAS THINKING
ABOUT IT -- I WAS THINKING ABOUT
WHEN I WAS SITTING WITH HALEY
LAST NIGHT AND SHE WAS KIND OF
LAYING ON ME AND WE WERE FALLING
ASLEEP, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
I'VE HAD THE BEST FIVE MONTHS I
COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED IN MY
LIFE
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS
MISSING.
AND I WAS ALSO EXCITED TO COME
BACK
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHEN I
WATCH HALEY NOW AND I WATCH
HOPE, I THINK, I'M 55 AND I GET
TO BE WITH THEM.
AND SO, I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF
TIME TO TAKE OFF AND I FELT A
LITTLE BAD ABOUT IT, BUT IN
REALITY, LIKE, LIFE IS A BLINK,
AND YOU GET THIS MOMENT.
AND SO, I DECIDED THAT I WAS
GOING TO TAKE IT
AND WHEN I'M AT WORK, I'M GOING
TO BE 100% HERE.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THOSE KIDS
HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH
LIKE HALEY INTRODUCED ME TO AN
ESCALATOR.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS
AWESOME UNTIL SHE SAID, "LOOK,
MOM, THE STAIRS ARE GOING UP."
LIKE, WOW, THAT IS AWESOME
OR SHE WALKS UP TO A STRANGER ON
THE STREET AND GOES "I HAVE
POCKETS!
LIKE IT'S THE SMALLEST, TINIEST,
LITTLEST THINGS, AND IT JUST
REMINDED ME, JUST SIT IN IT A
LITTLE BIT IF YOU CAN.
>> AT THE TIME IT'S PRICELESS.
YOU SO DESERVE IT.
>> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WALKING IN
THE DOOR THIS MORNING MADE ME
FEEL SO GOOD AND SEEING YOUR
FACE IN THE MAKEUP ROOM AND
SEEING YOU, AL, WHEN YOU WALKED
IN, AND CARSON
I MEAN, IT JUST FILLED ME UP
AND I FEEL LIKE, WHO'S