....time flies!

I was "unwinding" before heading up to bed by surfing around on the wonderful world of blogs.  One of the blogs I follow had a post they had written today.  What caught me off guard was the date - Feb. 25th.  As a nurse, I must write the "date" a hundred times each day.  I know I wrote it a thousand times yesterday and today, I worked ALL DAY LONG from home on my computer.  The date must have been in front of me all day.  Now, it hits me....Feb. 25th.  We are 1 month away from celebrating Payton's 3rd birthday (and its really not fair because this month only has 28 days!).  

I have so many emotions as Payton is fast approaching his 3rd birthday.  Of course, I am happy that my baby boy is growing up to be a happy, healthy, learning, inquisitive, respectful, handsome, adorable, funny, little boy.  When he turns "3" I can no longer consider him a toddler (can I?).  It seems that at the age of 3, you move into the "pre-school" phase.   I have a pre-schooler??  Am I old enough?  Wise enough? Ready to have a pre-schooler?  I think NOT!  

He is potty trained - and that is one great thing that comes with moving up in age and phases.  There are many, many, many great things about him turning "3" but as his mommy, I'm stuck on the number.  How is it possible that my sweet little boy has already spent 3 of his years here with me?  How is it possible that all those baby moments are so far in the past?   How is it possible that he now has a baby brother - who is 8 months old, "talking," and nearly mobile?  How is it possible that my life has passed by so quickly?

For the next month, I will take in all these precious little moments of my sweet little toddler - and cherish each of them - so that in the near future, I can look back and smile about the wonderful memories we made together.  Time flies when your having fun.....I guess we've had a lot of fun!

Looks like we had you all figured out from the start....a Tarheel for sure...and this was taken in the hospital  on day 1 of life!  Nearly 3 years later and you're still the biggest 2 year old Tarheel fan I've ever known!

We sure have come a long way in 2 years and 11 months....it is crazy to think this was "so" long ago!

I love you P-A-Y-T-O-N!