Not A Baby Anymore

When we first brought Avery home from the Hospital, time seemed to move so slow - especially the 6 1/2 months of severe colic. I never thought I would make it through alive but, alas, here I am very alive and well!!! Now, time is moving so fast I wish I could just push pause.

Avery turned 8 months old yesterday. He has started doing so many things on his own, which I had been anxiously waiting for - before. But now I am watching him grow up so fast even though he is still so small, well in age not size, you know how big that kid is!!! Back to what I was saying...just in the past two days Avery is doing more and more things that I wasn't even expecting him to do. With each step he is showing me how much less he needs me and how much I need him.

I feel so fortunate that I get to watch our son grow each day. I am the first person who gets to see his smile in the morning and the same person who gets to put him to bed after his bath. No daycare, no sitters, just me. Daily, I get to be a part of Avery's world and everything he discovers in it. It hasn't always been easy but I wouldn't change it for the world. It's true what they say, "You never knew you could feel love like this." Avery is my everything. He is worth every sacrifice we can make for him as his parents. When you love someone, you want everything for them because it's what you live for: his smile, his laughter, the way he bends his little toes, the way he rubs his eyes when he's tired...I could go on forever.

Things Avery can do now:

• Army Crawl
• Sit Up
• Roll Over
• Pull Himself Up From His Stomach To Sit Up
• Eat Cheerios In His High Chair
• Drink From A Sippy Cup
• Hold His Own Bottle
• Take A Bath On His Tummy In The "Big People" Bathtub
• Hold And Eat A Teething Biscuit
• Eat Raw Fruit And Vegetables With His Own Hands
• Eat Raw Fruit With Hand Held Fresh Food Eater
  

Priceless.

Can you tell we have lots of food photo ops???

He loves the bath...as well as trying to eat everything in it such as - anything in it.

Yes, food IS his life.


Nobody will ever love or care for your children as you do. It's a good feeling.