I now fully understand the meaning of "time flying". I also fully understand the point that many parents have made to us along the way in saying "each stage is better than the last." We have LOVED the last 11 months. And we LOVE the current month too. We didn't think it could get any better than snuggly, sleepy newborn Tyler, then laughing and smiling Tyler showed up. But then rolling over Tyler arrived. And shortly thereafter, sitting up and army crawling Tyler graced us with his presence. Next came real crawling and babbling Tyler.
And now? Now we have babbling turning into words, crawling turning into stair climbing, standing turning into almost walking, peek-a-boo playing, vrooom vrooom car sound making, baby Tyler turning into little boy Tyler!
You know what's funny? On Tyler's birthday, I wanted to share a beer with Kevin after dinner to celebrate. We made it to a year! And NOW, now we know EVERYTHING there is to know about taking care of a baby. We are set.
But first, before that beer, I thought I better get cleaned up after the day so I took a shower. Land of best-place-to-think. And you know what I thought? I thought, wow...Tyler isn't a baby anymore. And the real kicker, Kevin and I have NO IDEA how to take care of a 1 year old little boy. And then it dawned on me. We aren't set.
Not even a little bit. Not even at all. But we drank our celebratory beer. And I imagine, with every birthday that comes and goes, we'll drink a celebratory something-or-other and step into the great unknown.
Remember this....4 days old
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