That in just one more day…I will be the parent of a 2 year old little boy. I said TWO! As in two the number....two sets of 365 day years under his belt.
My question is…how did he get to be 2 so fast??
I’m excited about this and also saddened by it. I knew at 1 year old…he was no longer a baby in my doctor’s eyes. He had entered the stage of toddlerhood. I desperately wanted to say…NO….he is NOT a toddler. Not already! He’s just a year. He’s my baby.
But now...my baby is two.
Now he is undeniably a toddler. He is independent. Confident. Curious. Amazed with life. Looking more and more like a little boy. Losing a bit of his baby cheeks. So as we approach his second birthday…it’s certainly bittersweet!! Of course it’s your dream for your children to grow and thrive. But it also hard to let go of some things.
Like how right now, he picks up my cell phone and says…OhhO?? For hello. Or holds his green plastic dinosaur and roars at me until I laugh. Or snuggles up in my lap before bedtime and plants a big, uncoordinated kiss on m lips just because he wanted to. Because one day he’s going to be a big, bad teenager, who texts me when he needs something instead of saying Hello at all. And roaring like a dinosaur won't be cool anymore. But I know we have miles to go before we even reach kindergarten. I also know though, just how fast we got to two. So I have no doubt that I will look back when he’s moving to college..or maybe introducing me to my new grandchild…and wonder where all the years went!
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