WARNING: It is true!!

When Grady was a newborn I frequently would hear, "Enjoy it now because they grow so fast!" I still hear this sentence a lot and I would like to stop hearing it. The first three months I hated hearing it because things were in slow motion and I felt like he was never going to sleep through the night. Now I hate hearing it because it is true and it gives me mixed emotions. I get super excited to see him learn and grow but then get sad that he is growing up and fast! Time really has flown by ever since he started sleeping through the night! We thought he was going to skip crawling because he really only seemed interested in wanting to stand but suddenly a couple of days ago he decided to crawl! Now he is all over the place, and getting into everything! He is pulling himself up on the side of the bathtub on his own and standing. What happened? I suddenly am already asking myself, "where did my baby go?" He is becoming little Mr. independent. He is so proud of himself for being mobile now and a much happier baby. He was getting so frustrated because all he wanted to do was move around. Well now he has done it! We knew this day was going to come and we kept saying that we needed to baby proof the house before he was just everywhere. Well guess what? The day has come and we are not prepared! We are running around quickly and trying to make this house a safer environment for him to explore. YIKES!

Another sentence I would like to stop hearing is, "wow what a fat baby!" Seriously I am really getting a complex! Please stop acting like my baby should be a carny because he is so fat. At the pool today an 11 year old said, "Oh my god that is the fattest baby I have ever seen!" He said it like Grady should be a circus act. My feelings were actually a little hurt. I wanted to tell the boy that he is a fatty fat head and that he should go find a snickers. Really is Grady that fat? Should I be feeding him less? Does he need to diet? I don't see it. I feel like other babies are just as big and bigger! I know he has a ridiculously large head and maybe that is really what the problem is. I don't know whatever. I don't really care what people think I love my chunky bubba!