11 months old!

My baby would not fit in his Daddy's arms like that today,
at almost 25lbs I am not sure how much longer I will be able to hold him at all!  I cannot believe that my baby boy is 11 months old.  It really is incredible. This time last year I had a enormous belly and now I have a walking boy. I do not think I pictured Motherhood like this... it is so much harder and yet much more enjoyable than I ever imagined.  I never thought I would enjoy Motherhood this much! What a joy this child has been for me. I was not sure I was ready (I am still not sure I am ...) but the Lord saw fit to make me a Mother and I know his plans for me are good "plans to prosper me and not to harm me, plans to give me a hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11  I am looking forward with perhaps hesitant excitement for my son's first birthday next month. What a big milestone! How fast it all has gone.  I was at a wedding this past weekend and for the first time during a wedding I could relate to the parents as their children walked out of their family and entered another; how wonderful and how deeply sad! We parents have to endure a lot for the sake of our children but that is all good and how it was meant to be. I have to tell you, it was weird being able to sympathize with the parents of the bride and groom not sure how I got here so fast... I know that before I know it, I will see my young son fall in love and marry his young bride; that is just how time goes. I want to be preparing for that day even now. I want to give my children away willingly and not with resentment. I think my Mother did that very well and I want the same for my children. I am raising my son to be another women's husband, he will not be mine forever... That is good and how God intended it;  but, for now he is still my little baby and I am now going to go steal a few snuggles from him :)