1 Year Ago

A year ago on Monday, Baby Z came into the light of day bigger than we expected and earlier than we expected (by 4 1/2 weeks). He has been exceeding our expectations ever since. I am thrilled to look back on the feelings of Baby Z's birth day and realize how much we have all grown. The 2nd night of Baby Z's life, John and I looked at each other and mutually thought-- how could they trust us with this little tiny person. We don't know what the heck we're doing. Now we often think we don't know much about what we're doing but we wouldn't for a second expect him to be with anyone other than us. For all our first-time parent mistakes and overly cautious reactions, we're doing great! We have a happy, healthy (except for the cold he contracted in honor of his 1st birthday, and then generously shared with the rest of us) little boy who is quickly growing into his own person. We still have LOTS and LOTS of time with him as a dependent (in the literal sense not the tax-form sense), but I see how quickly the time is going to go by. So, I'm off to enjoy his latest stage of emptying drawers and bags and scattering the debris all over the house. Because I don't know how long it will last.