The start of a new year often comes with honoring the one before, and Joanna Gaines and her husband, Chip, certainly had a big 2018. From welcoming their sweet new son, Crew, to announcing their return to TV, they had a lot going on. But while sharing some of her favorite memories from the past 12 months, the mom revealed one more very special development. According to the mom-of-five, her youngest, Crew, recently started speaking at just six months old — and he’s already saying “mama.”

“It’s always been my nature to reflect on the past and linger there a while,” she wrote on Instagram. “I find myself thinking about what I will miss and how life is just moving too fast. I mean Crew is already six months old and saying ‘mama’ (I had to throw that in there, sorry Chip). Drake will be driving in two years and off to college in four. And just like that, I have found myself mourning the past but now in future-tense. You see what I just did there? This whole time thing can feel like a thief if you let it.”

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It's always been my nature to reflect on the past and linger there a while. I find myself thinking about what I will miss and how life is just moving too fast. I mean Crew is already six months old and saying "mama" (I had to throw that in there, sorry Chip). Drake will be driving in two years and off to college in four. And just like that I have found myself mourning the past but now in future tense. You see what I just did there? This whole time thing can feel like a thief if you let it. I'm challenging myself in this new year to live for now. The present. Taking in every breath, every sight, and sound and holding it dearly. Not thinking about how the good ol' days have passed us by or how the best is yet to come. But that right now, this very second, this is the gift. These are the days. These are the moments. And I’m gonna breathe them all in. If there's pain and sorrow, or happiness and hope, let it in and then let it out. I want to enjoy the now because it's the only thing we can actually embrace. I want to hold it carefully. Hold it thoughtfully. I want to rid myself of the little distractions because I have found that these are the thieves that steal our moments and rob our days. But time, time is our most precious gift. Here's to seeing and finding the beauty, the hope and joy in the right now in 2019. And for goodness sake, let's have some fun while we’re at it! It's going to be a happy new year indeed. Believing that for all of us. #wonderinthenow #thesearethedays

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“Here’s to seeing and finding the beauty, the hope and joy in the right now in 2019,” she finished off a long, beautiful message about living in the present. “And for goodness sake, let’s have some fun while we’re at it! It’s going to be a happy new year indeed. Believing that for all of us.”

The whole post is incredibly touching, and that pic of baby Crew melts our hearts. Their youngest may have at least an 8-year age difference with Emmie, the next youngest, but it seems they’re all growing up so fast. We’ve loved getting to see the family change and adapt together, and we know it won’t be long until Crew is walking and talking with the rest of the crew — and yes, Chip, we’re sure he’ll start saying “dada” soon, too.