I want to try and write at least once a month, but there are times when narrowing down the topic is really hard! There is just always so much going on in our lives and it's hard to focus on one thing. However, there is one thing that keeps going through my mind: this is going by WAY too fast!
David is just over 8 months old and he's SUCH a different baby! I was just looking back through all of the pictures we have from when he was a newborn and I can't believe how much he's grown!
Here he is at 1 week old:
And now, at 8 months!
There are times that I try to recall what it was like when he was such a tiny newborn and I find that it is hard to bring forth those memories. Oh, I remember the emotions - the overwhelming joy, excitement, exhaustion, nervousness, fear of failure as parents, and complete and utter LOVE. But the actual memories? In all honesty, they are kind of vague. Thank goodness I took a million pictures to look back at.
And I've wondered why I can't bring forward all those memories. When I really think about it, I believe that it's because things are happening SO.DARN.FAST! He was just a newborn and now, in the past 2 months, he has turned into such an active, adventurous little baby. David has been on the speedy track to learn how to crawl, stand and...oh my...walk! He's not quite walking on his own, yet, but it is his favorite thing to walk while holding our hands. He's been babbling, holding his own bottle, trying out more and more solid foods, cutting teeth, etc. Daily he surprises us and makes us laugh. It is so amazing to watch him grow into his little person. :-)
And there still exists the nerves - what if we fail? I mean, this is probably the biggest, most important role of our lives and what if we screw up? I suppose those particular nerves will never really go away and we usually just have to look at how happy he is to feel reassured that we are doing a good job. But, if anyone would mind slowing down time a little...well, that would be great!
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