Nothing lasts forever

If there is one thing I have learned in my pregnancy and year and a half of having a child, it's that nothing lasts forever. I hope I can always remember this through each stage, challenge, joy of having children. Adler has taught me so much about cherishing each moment. Even the times I feel like "is this stage ever going to end?". Like when Adler would only sleep in his swing, I thought he would be 18 and I would be carrying in his Papasan baby swing into his dorm room. Turns out it was only a couple weeks. Good thing too-this was a close one. Then, it was I could only get him to sleep by bouncing him sideways, with a pacifier in his mouth. Then, only when upright and patting his back. Then a book and a song. Now only a book.

He doesn't even want the song any more. I mean, I know I don't have the best voice or anything, but when I start singing, he starts reaching for the crib. Now he just goes to bed with no real demands other than reading a couple books. The voice must be worse than I realize....

All of this to say, nothing lasts forever. I almost wish I had a little bit more time with him tonight. Have him fall asleep on my shoulder, listen to his breathing. I know I did cherish those night times together because I knew in just a few short years, I wouldn't have the chance to put him to bed this way. I guess I didn't realize that the short years were really short months. I hope I can keep this perspective through potty training, discipline, and everything else a head of us. I love Adler so much. Watching him grow up is so bitter sweet. But mostly sweet.