Memorial Day weekend we kicked off the summer with a weekend camping trip. Labor Day weekend, we ended the summer with a camping trip. In the middle we had a Gatlinburg weekend trip complete with a visit to the aquarium and the new penguin exhibit as well as a Tybee Island weeklong vacation. This was really an amazing summer. My son, who last year, was barely crawling, ran and played and fell and scraped his knees, and bruised his legs, and loved EVERY. SINGLE. MINUTE. Of it. I can’t believe how different this summer was compared to last year. I can’t imagine how different next summer will be, and the next and the next. When people tell you that time flies when you have children…they are so telling the truth. Time does fly.
Now, we look forward to crisp mornings and evening, apple picking, pumpkin carving, candy eating, Halloween dressing, Thanksgiving, red and orange leaves, 2nd Birthdays and Christmas and then 2011. What an amazing time we have planned. Speaking of Halloween, I cannot decide what I want D to be for Halloween. I’ve been looking at costumes for months now. It’s getting frustrating!! Nothing seems to capture his cuteness just right.
Lastly, I’m a little sad. Sad that my baby boy is now a toddler boy. Sad that I desperately want to be pregnant again. I want to feel those little kicks and rolls. I want to have a baby belly. I want to wear maternity clothes. I want to be a mom of 2 babies. I don’t want to wait another minute. I’m sad because my husband doesn’t agree. He’s not ready. He says next year, but I don’t know if he’ll be ready then or not. The unknowingness of when our next child will happen is killing me. Seriously. If you know me, you know that patience is not my forte’. I understand his hesitance. I really do. I don’t want to force my older child to grow up too quickly b/c a new baby is coming, but I also remember that the first 6 months or so are pretty laid back with a baby. So, we'd all be hanging out watching our oldest keep growing up and watching our new one become a toddler. I can't wait. I can't wait to be a mother of 2. 2 boys. 1 boy, 1 girl....either/or. I just want it. Honestly? Toddler days are WAY more exhausting than any newborn-6 months time was. If Dawson had slept through the night before 16 months, our first year would have been a breeze. I think Daniel forgets that those first few months weren’t hard. They were actually considerably boring compared to one year and after. So, I guess….right now, we’ll wait.