Puzzles and Growing and My Daughter the Genius
Jaimie on Mar 21st 2008
It is amazing how quickly time passes.
It seems like only a few weeks ago, or certainly only a few months ago, that I brought my daughter home from the hospital two days after she was born. She still seems like my tiny precious fragile baby to me, even though by anyone else’s view, she is a robust, interactive, engaged toddler. A few days ago this was brought into focus for me all in a single moment.
Alexa has been playing with one of her big brother’s old puzzles. CJ has outgrown the wooden peg and shapes cutout type of puzzle, but we still have quite a large collection we’ve been saving for Alexa. They are on a low shelf in the playroom with easy access, and Alexa has taken them out many many times before, primarily to chew on the pieces. But today was different. She would pick up a piece, look very carefully at it, then look at the board and find the picture that matched it, and try and put the piece into its place - sometimes even successfully! I was thinking to myself, “Look! She’s a genius!” and then I realized that although she may be a genius, this was probably a pretty normal activity for a 16 1/2 month old child to be doing.
And that’s when it hit me. Even though she will always be my baby, she’s not really a baby anymore. She is growing up more and more each day - getting older and bigger and able to do more things every instant. Even though I am at home all day with her, it seems to be going by so quickly. I can’t believe that time is passing so fast. Before I know it, she’ll be the one taking the bus to school.
For now though, she’s still chewing on the puzzle pieces when she can’t fit them in their spots.
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I seriously chuckled when I saw the title of this post! I love you and I love your kids. You’re so real and fun to read. Yay for Alexa the genius! I find myself doing the same thing with Mr. Eli. I think “oh my gosh! look, he’s…” and then I have to remind myself he’s not 3 months old anymore. It goes way too fast and suddenly they’re running around in the yard like a real person. *sigh*
I hear you. Baby D is growing up so fast. In fact I probably shouldn’t even refer to her as Baby D anymore, since she technically is a toddler, but she’s still MY baby.
I swear they change so quick, and in the blink of an eye. Even staying home with them every day, doesn’t make it go any slower. They just grow, grow, grow, and suddenly they are going to school. I wish there was a pause button so I could enjoy them the way they are just a little bit longer.
Does it really go that quickly? We just brought our daughter home from the hospital a couple of months ago.