Too Fast

As our last little baby is growing and developing and we prapare for his impending arrival, I am reminded that my "little boy", Joshua isn't so little anymore and is growing up so quickly. I know now what my parents mean when they say that they hold dear the times when I was little and that even though I thought growing up took forever it really goes by quickly in the eyes of a parent.

We had to buy Josh some new shoes today for school. Summer is great because you can just wear flip-flops and get away with them being slightly too small. Josh started out spring at a size 7 (toddler) and we had to buy size 9 (toddler)! I no longer get to pick out his shoes in the baby department - he's now into the boys department. I knew this day would come...him transitioning from toddler to big kid, but I didn't think it would happen so quickly.

As we prepare for Jayden, I've been sorting through Joshie's old baby clothes and it seems so long ago that he wore them! Below are the very first pair of shoes he wore. He was two weeks old when I put them on him and he wore them until he was about six months old.

So tiny in comparison to the new shoes he just got for school! Where, or where did that time go? I am so thankful that he is my "cuddlebug" and that at least I can still hold him in my lap. When he's outgrown that, I can hold his hand. When he's decided he's "too cool" to hold mommy's hand, at least he and I will always know that I will be holding his heart and praying for the paths ahead of him.