Monday, July 15, 2013

18 Months Already?

During my pregnancy, I would spend a lot of time dreaming about what Logan would look like. What would life be like with a newborn? What would his room look like? Would he be a big baby or a small baby? You get the idea… I thought about the little bundle a lot!


I knew a day would come when he would grow from my little baby, to my little boy, to my big boy, and finally, he would be my grown son starting his own life separate from me. I can’t handle thinking much past the toddler years right now and I think that for that most part that is okay. It is important to live in the moment and enjoy the time I have with him now. He will be 18 months this Wednesday. 

When you picture your baby as he grows in your stomach it is hard to imagine the days when…
  •  He stops nursing
  •  He weighs more than twelve pounds
  •  He can sit up or crawl
  •  He stops eating baby food mush
  •  He doesn’t fit on your belly anymore
  •  He has his first hair cut
  •   He has his first birthday
  •   He is too big to fit in a baby bath



I could go on forever with things that he has grown out of. They are all things that were hard to picture happening, before he was born. As I put his 12-18 month clothes in a box last week, I came across an outfit that I specifically remember thinking that he would never fit into. It was one of the outfits that I packed into the box. I am sure as a mother, I get more emotional about this stuff than many people do. I just couldn’t believe that my baby was really in the “he will never fit into that” size.

As every ounce of baby continues to grow out of him, I have started to see a toddler taking it’s place. He is doing so many new and exciting things. As I watch the new things he learns, says, and does, everyday I am amazed all over again at the opportunity we were given to raise him. So this month I am…
  •          Putting away clothes that are now to small
  •         Watching his new found love obsession with coloring develop
  •         Watching him dance
  •         Watching him admire his daddy in a way that I didn’t even know possible
  •          Listening to all of his new words and the funny ways he puts them together to get his point across
  •         Watching him play happily as Dan and I say goodbye to him to go out for a date night
  •         Watching him munch on his favorite summer snack… a peach
  •         Hearing a roaring giggle as he is chased across the living room
  •     Watching his love for all things super-hero grow





 ...And I just can’t wait for all of the years that seem too far out of reach to imagine yet…


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