Yesterday a memory from two years ago showed up on my Facebook feed. It was the photo I posted of my cats announcing I was pregnant. I was confused at first and thought something was wrong. How could that have been two years ago. TWO! For the first time my math equation matched up and it was accurate. It really has been two years since I announced my pregnancy. This has been one of the worst years for all of us but for somehow my little guy is speeding things up and growing at lightning speeds.
Growing up WAY to fast.
I never thought I’d say this but I miss the sleepless nights. I miss the baby cuddles. I miss my baby relying on me for absolutely everything. I don’t know how and I don’t know when it happened exactly but my baby is not a baby anymore.
Things really started to change as our little B started babbling more. He could all of a sudden understand what we were asking him to do. He could understand games, puzzles and books. His walking turned into running and climbing. However, he still has not been able to comprehend the word “no”……
Since I can remember every time I would go into little B’s room after a nap he would have a big smile on his face, wait for me to pick him up and then lay his head on me and very tightly hug me with both hands. Well about a week ago that stopped. Now I pick him up and he can’t get me to put him down fast enough so he can do laps around his bedroom and pull out every book on his shelf. I don’t know if that was the trigger for me or the fact that his hair is always in his eyes but I decided we need to get his thinned out mop cut off.
My husband thought little B’s first hair cut would be a terrible experience. He’s shy, crazy and like most toddlers very unpredictable. Luckily he did AMAZING. We took him to Monica at Dandy Lion Cuts for Kids. Monica was awesome with little B and made sure he felt comfortable with her first before sitting him in the chair. She gave him a little orange comb to distract him and was NINJA fast. Monica also tried to mentally prepare me for the transformation I was about to see in little B. At first I thought she was being a little dramatic. It’s just hair. How much of a transformation could it possibly be?
Well I will tell you how much…. I have cried about 10 times since he got his hair cut yesterday. My sweet little baby is now a big boy and I am not doing great with it. I know it needed to happen and of course I think he looks adorable but he looks so grown up.
I know the hair isn’t really what made him older. It’s everything I just talked about. My sister in law once told me that they will never be as little as they are today. I really didn’t understand what she mean’t until now. All the tears and sleepless nights seem like they are never ending until they’re not. Until you miss those moments with your baby. So right now, today put your phone down, turn off your TV and hold that baby. Take in every second of it because they will never be as little as they are right now.
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