Parenthood: The Waiting Game

In just over a week and a half, Bug will be two years old.  Two.  Honestly, how can time go by so slowly, yet so quickly too?  I feel like I've waited so long for Bug to be a toddler, but it seems like it flashed all at the same time.  

I can still remember going into labor thinking it was just indigestion, getting wheeled into the labor and delivery room, waiting hours to meet this little Bug.  

I can still remember bringing her home, nervous that we'd never survive our first night as a family of three (four, including the cat).

I can remember waiting in anticipation for her to finally roll over and calling everyone I knew, bursting with excitement when she finally did.

I remember planning what solids she'd eat first, hoping she'd be a great eater.  I soon found that I was blessed with the most picky eater in the entire world.  (Just like her mommy, I suppose.)

I remember not being able to contain myself when she started walking a week or two before her first birthday just as clearly as I remember the months of physical exhaustion that followed from chasing around a new walker, always hunched over, fearful of the many falls to come.

I remember wishing I could understand her babble and hoping she could understand mine, then one day (recently) realizing that I had myself a real live person to converse with.

Parenthood really is a waiting game, but when they finally accomplish all the things you wish, hope, and wait for...well, you kind of wish they would either stay still in that moment, or even better, rewind to the day you brought them home.  

Bug will be two in a little over a week.  ::sigh::  I will definitely be doing a ton of crying for all the growing up she has done in two years and especially for the love she has given us (and continues to give us), and for the never-ending lessons in parenthood and life she has taught (and is teaching) us.

Blast from the past photos- August 2011

Even when you are a mom (or becoming a mom), only your own mom can make you feel better.  Ya' feel me?

Then she was here!!!

Family of three.

Bug thanks Mama for helping Mommy through it all. :)

It seems like yesterday...kind of.  As exhausted as we are, parenthood really is the biggest blessing.  Each day we hope and pray that we're doing our best to raise an honest, independent human being because that is all we can do- is try.  There is no guarantee what she'll be like as an adult, but if who she is now is any indication, well...WATCH OUT WORLD because Bug is pretty darn amazing.

God Bless,

Kat