Owen turned nine months old last week, and I've started to think more and more about returning to work, finding care for our baby, and how we're going to find a balance between work/family. Over the past few months, Owen has become more and more of a joy to spend time with. Playing with him, watching him discover and explore the world, communicating the best we can with him, it's all so exciting.
So this morning, as I sat in the hallway and watched our baby boy scoot, slither, and hop his way into the bathroom to explore this BRAND! NEW! UNDISCOVERED! PLACE!, I thought about how this little boy is going to grow into a man. He's going to experience all the ups and downs that go along with life, and we can't always protect him. I wish that he may be lucky enough to find a partner with whom he may be blessed enough to one day have a little one of his own. And he may find himself on the floor, covered in drool, watching his own baby uncover all the crooks and crannies of it all.
9-months old is such an awesome age!
ReplyDeleteIt took a long while to get out of that fog, but now that he's interacting with his world, well, it's pretty much one of the most amazing things I've ever witnessed.
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