My god, does time ever fly when you have a child. Growing up, getting to 18 seemed like an eternity that would never come. Now that I'm an adult, I realize that having Gabriel grow up and become 18 will happen all too quickly.

He was sitting next to me on the sofa, watching "Super Why" and munching on popcorn. And I thought, holy crap, my son is watching TV and feeding himself popcorn. I remember when he had to sit in a high chair and I had to feed him because he didn't have the motor control to use a spoon on his own. I remember holding him and bottle feeding him when he was all tiny and toothless. And now here he is, feeding himself popcorn (which he asked for) and watching a PBS Kids show that teaches reading.

I told him to not grow up too quickly, and he's ignoring me.

It would be different if I was going to have more kids and knew I'd be able to do the baby stage once more. But, we're only having Gabriel so I know that when a stage passes, that's the only time I'll get to experience that stage as a mother. And that's kind of sad to me.

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