Time flies when you're having fun....

I couldn't help but smile this morning as I pictured Adam, Jenny, and Buddha (and Oscar, the doggie!) celebrating the Fourth of July next year. If he arrives on schedule (are you listening Buddha?!), he will be about 11 months old by then. He will be sharing the 'scary excitement' of his first fireworks display with his mom and dad! It's funny how we mark a baby's first year in months....Each month brings about such dramatic changes in their lives....following us with their eyes, holding their head up on their own, sitting up, crawling, smiling, flipping over in their beds, laughing at our tickles, eating their first solid foods, standing up....walking, potty training (fun!), talking, etc. etc.!! That first year is so special and amazing. It seems as if everything that they do (from the most inane to the most astounding) is marked in time as a historic event. We adults gather around and find excitement in all of the 'firsts' that our new baby experiences.....cheering them on along the way. When I think about it.... this really doesn't end after the first year of life. We may not measure our children's accomplishments in months after the first year, we may not oooh and aaah at every burp (heaven forbid), but every step along the way is still so 'special and amazing' to us as parents. The passages in time bring about new and exciting pleasures that we derive from our children as we continue to watch them grow. So, when a baby is born, so begins a new life with brand new pleasures and joys. Good plan, God. : )