Naptime Blog

It’s so weird to think about how time just really flies by. And I mean, REALLY flies by. For instance, July 4th 2008, we were in Missouri at a couple’s house on base watching the fireworks display they had going on and for each loud one I would feel Shaughn jump in my belly. The couple that had us over were also expecting their first child and her & I were taking photos of our big ol bellies together laughing at how these were the first official photos of our children together. Now, exactly one year later I was playing in the pool with him and later sitting in a lawn chair with Shaughn, 10 months old on the 4th, on my lap looking up at the fireworks. I was so surprised at how calm he was and would look at all the pretty colors without crying or making a peep.

A couple of the super loud ones made him jump but he never reacted with a cry that I thought would be inevitable from being startled. I swear, my husbands thunder like sneezes has helped Shaughn to get used to surprise random noises. He’s tried to sneeze quietly but its just not in his system to do so, and its never one sneeze, its at least 3 in a row. His whole voice is used during a sneeze and for the first 3 or 4 months Shaughn would jump and scream after the 1st sneeze, and would get louder until Brent was done. At about 5 months, he wasn’t even phased.

I said something to my husband about just how fast time does go by, and used the forth of July’s comparison as a perfect example. I think it even surprised him when you look at it that way. Now we’re even planning his 1st birthday! There are so many themes, I have no idea which one to go for. A traditional “first” theme with the number 1 everywhere, or a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme since he seems to enjoy the songs, but I think I am leaning

-Krystle