Sunday, December 5, 2010

Little Things



Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
-Robert Brault

The last couple days have been hard on me as a Mommy. I have had quite a slap in the face how fast time is flying by and how quickly my little man is growing up. On Friday I went and picked up Hudson's big boy car seat. No more infant carrier. No more gently carrying him into the house in his car seat when he is asleep. Those days are gone. He now sits up like a little man and loves it I might add :) Then yesterday I got some of his newborn clothes down to let a friend borrow them and sat there a little teary eyed looking at how tiny he was. Looking at him now just 8 months later its hard to believe he ever weighed 5lbs 11oz. Itty bitty! Later in the day we started moving a lot of his baby stuff up to the attic. The bouncers, the bumbo, more clothes, and I couldn't help but miss the days when we first brought him home. I spent countless hours sitting and starring at that precious little face. At the time they were little things. Now they seem huge. On top of all of that I laid him down for his nap in his crib and he was still awake. I walked from his bedroom to my living room and told Bryan he was still awake and picked up the monitor. As I looked at it I about stopped breathing. He was standing in his crib. I darted back in there and swooped him up. So needless to say yesterday afternoon I had to lower his crib. I really wasn't ready for all that in one weekend. I mean he is only 8 months old and I just wasn't prepared to take these next steps! :) He will always be my baby, my firstborn, and the first little person to completely steal my heart, but he isn't my tiny little baby anymore. He is a goofy, smiley, opinionated, babbling, squealing 8 month old. I couldn't be happier with the stage he is at right now. Definitely moments I will never forget. Needless to say this weekend was just one more reminder at how we HAVE to live each moment as if its our last. Make every second count and more than anything cherish the little things, because one day you WILL realize they are the big things.

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