Monday, March 19, 2012

He is still my baby boy!

Day 5: Tell yourself, "He is only __ years old. He's still a child."  Then, treat him that way.

I started homeschooling G man at 3 years old.  He has just turned 4 and has almost completed a full year of pre-k.  He has showed so much interest in school work and loves learning new concepts.  Because of this it is easy for me to forget that he did JUST turn 4.  He is still so young.  I get so frustrated with him when he doesn't try to put his own shoes on, he pouts, or he forgets to clear his plate at the table.  All day through his rough housing and silly giggling (for no reason) I couldn't help but smile at my little one!  This will be an ongoing one for me.  G man was a bigger baby (ok he was ginormous) and did things very quickly.  (He started walking at 8 months which is also when he quit the bottle and went for a sippy cup.)  My little miss (who is very little) just turned a year and is still in an infant carrier, walked at 12 months, and we definitely treat her like a 1 yr old.  I guess I have always expected G man to act older.

God has such a sense of humor.  G man wore an outfit today to church that he wore about 3 weeks ago to church.  Today it didn't fit him!!! If he raised his arms even the slightest his belly showed and his pants barely touched the tops of his shoes!! So on the day where I am suppose to remember how little he really is I realize that he just hit a big growth spurt and he needs bigger clothes!!!  Good thing the consignment store took our small clothes and we got a lot of cute new clothes and even a little bit of cash back!!  Got to love it!!

This is G man at 1 month old in the family bassinet... notice he takes up the WHOLE thing!

This is little miss in the same bassinet at the same age.

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