Alyssa is turning "9"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought I was only 18 years old, so how can I have a children that are 11 and almost 9. I ask you how???????? Alyssa is so excited about turning 9!!!! Every day after school, she gets in the car and tells me how many more days till her birthday. She is growing up. Soon I won't have a child in the single digits!!!! HELP!!!!!! Where does the time go????? It seems like just yesterday that I brought Amber home from the hospital and that was over 11 years ago!!! I just have to remember, even though they are getting older - I am not!!!! After all, didn't that lady think I was 18!!!!!