A new phase

Today was my baby's last day of kindergarten. All kinds of emotions are stirring around in me. Next year they will all be at school all day.  Where has the time gone... 6 years ago we brought him home from the hospital and spent 2 weeks watching him sleep in a tanning bed. We had a 4 year old and a 3 year old running around the house. Carter was a difficult baby, it started with the jaundice, then nursing issues, then colic, followed by a gluten intolerance. At three he spent a few days in the hospital with pneumonia and RSV, and then over a month on oxygen at home. This turned into years of asthma treatments. He had his first dislocated elbow at 2, and again at 3, followed the next year by a broken elbow that took 8 weeks, and 3 casts, to heal. 

He is my mamas boy. Him and I have a very close relationship. He still loves to sit on my lap and be held. At restaurants he wants to sit next to me and is sad if Dad commanders that seat. He loves to come into our room in the early morning hours and climb into bed next to me for our "cuddle time." 

As this momentous day passes, I am sad to know this time with my baby is passing and the day will come when the last thing he wants is to sit next to me at a restaurant or come home and sit on the floor showing me all the wonders from his day at school or out with his friends. At the same time I am excited to look forward to the little man he is becoming. And the man he will become. 

A new phase in life starts today.