i've fallen 2010

It's Fall. Can I still say summer? It's not even September yet, so I think it's acceptable. I just have a few things to say; don't let me keep you.

I LOVE SAM!!!! He is the greatest little thing ever. I just realized that we spend an hour and a half just getting a bath, then quiet play time in his room, story time, rock & sing to him, then toss him into bed. I would go crazy if I couldn't be here at night to put him to bed.

And another thing. Do you realize that we spend SO MUCH TIME preparing for tomorrow, that we don't stop to live for the day? Being a new mom I am so in touch to the feel of time passing by me, and I consciously grasp on to any moment with Sam, secretly wishing I could keep him that size for a few more years. But "want-don't-get" and wishes don't come true; he grows once I put him to bed. I frantically make sure I have the camera/recorder every where we go so I can document every aspect and angle of his life. One day I won't be here and Sam will be thinking the same thing. I just can't tell you how important it is to STOP and think..."today is a day that I will never get back". And once you really grasp that meaning, I think you might appreciate life just a little more.

My dad says he feels like he was 20, just yesterday. That's how quickly time passes. He's right. It feels like just yesterday I learned how to tie my shoes, and thought I was the most bad-ass kid in the neighborhood. That was almost twenty years ago.

So come on.