Getting Old

We talk a lot about dreams at our house. Every night before Andrew goes to bed we ask him what he's going to dream about that night. Most of the time it's race cars, ice cream or tractors, but about a week before my 32nd birthday he said that he wanted to dream about police cars...with sirens. And then he added, "I wanna get old so I can ride in one."

Dreaming about being a rock star. 

First off, I had to laugh, because if he's anything like his parents, he may have that opportunity. And secondly, it really made me think how fast time is going. The other night at dinner I was watching Andrew shove spoonfuls of peas into his mouth. It seems like only yesterday that he was picking up one pea at a time to try to get in his mouth. And only a day before that when WE were shoving spoonfuls of carefully pureed peas into his mouth. Maybe I'm just being sentimental with turning another year older and reflecting on the past year, but time is really speeding up, instead of slowing down. 

In three days, Alexander will be 10 months old (6.5 months adjusted). He's rolling all over the place, trying to crawl, working hard to sit up and starting to eat those carefully pureed foods (just bananas and avocado so far but he's doing great!). He's also had 3 teeth break through in the last couple days - which hasn't been fun for our little guy. We don't go back to the U until the end of the month but we believe he's developing just great. He's got the best attitude and you will rarely not see a smile on his face. 

Since life isn't slowing down, we did have to slow some things down for Alexander. He wasn't eating very well over the past three weeks and after trying everything else, we worked with our doctors and nurses to turn his oxygen back up to .75 liters. I have struggled with this and am working very hard to not see this as a set back. Instead, sometimes in life, we have to take a step back to push forward and this is the case for Alexander. A few days after we turned up the oxygen he started eating much better and has started to gain weight again. 

It may just take Alexander a little bit longer than expected - we just have to remember he is the boss and he sets the rules. It does make me remember to slow down and enjoy each day, instead of trying to rush to the day he's off of oxygen - that could be very far off and I don't want to miss the ride. So we will work to slow life down, take it easy and not rush to get older any time soon!