How many times do you hear "they grow so fast? Enjoy it while it lasts"
"Fast" maybe the biggest understatement ever uttered. It is more like Mach .10! I swear it only seemed like yesterday she was 5 lbs and could firmly fit in her Dad's palm! A year and a half has been time that has flown but has been thoroughly enjoyed! Also, to say "documented mildy" would be the second biggest understatement.
Without a doubt, time speeds up when you get older and, right on schedule, it has dawned on me that I no longer have the same eternity stretching before me that seemed to be there only a few years - or decades ago.
It seems like just two weeks ago I was pregnant.
Just 1 week ago Sinclair was born so fragile and tiny....
Just 2 days ago she learned to crawl, five minutes after she learned to sit up.....
Wasn't it yesterday she learned to say "Momma"???
Not only that, I've begun regretting the time I wasted.
I want back the hours upon hours I used to spend listening to Oprah explain to me the meaning of life, knowledge of which is considerably clearer when people give you a standing ovation everyday just for showing up for work. Having a billion dollars to come home to doesn't hurt either.
I regret all the time I spent 25 years ago searching for a radio station playing something other than Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and the evenings I wasted before I met Mr Wonderful thinking I was going to meet Mr. Right in a bar.
I regret all the time I spent driving around looking for a parking spot 20 feet closer to the store entrance. However I also regret the time it took me to walk miles to the store entrance when I first got my drivers license because I was afraid to park between two cars.
Then there is the 3,532 hours I've spent watching Fox News. This is not to say watching Fox News is in and of itself a waste of time. It is, in fact, required viewing for any enlightened being and it is a badge of honor in our household if you can recite Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity verbatim.
Then there is all that time I wasted trying to train our Cavalier King Charles to follow my commands. I should just sign the deed to the house over to them and spend the rest of my life feeding them and throwing a ball for them to chase.
Cherish the time! Man, I love being a mommy!
Fascinating realization #4875: Sinclair has a deep obsession with all things construction -- while they are working on our street, she has watched patiently daily just longing for one of us to take her to "Watch trucks"
Tonight as we prepared for the Ballet Ball, she showed everyone how she was self-taught in the "booot-toon" snapping on Daddy's tux shirt. We were all in awe.....especially, since it was ONLY YESTERDAY she was took her first steps!
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