Hello, Toofer!

My fabulous MIL and I thought Kirby was beginning to teethe during her last visit, which was the last week of June.  I continued to keep my eye on his little gums and mop up all the drool and let Keith know a number of times that Kirby was working on a tooth.  My husband, the doctor, insisted that he was just too young to be teething.  Well, low and behold, Kirby's first little tooth became visible last week on July 25.  Wish I could get a picture of that toofer.  I'll keep trying. 

Tonight I put together his high chair, and he sat in it while I ate my dinner.  He had an assortment of toys on his little tray and looked too cute and so happy; however, based on his recent awareness of our eating, I'm pretty sure he'd rather have had food on that tray than toys. We'll be introducing that oh-so-fabulous rice cereal in just a few more weeks.  THAT I cannot believe. 

I don't know if I'm ready for this little guy to grow as quickly as he is.  I hold him when he nurses and look at how long he is and how his little face looks like a little boy, not a newborn baby.  I try to remember how little he was in my arms during those first days.  It seems so hard to remember how little he was.

Last night I began organizing all our videos, which I've been meaning to do for months now.  I came across a slew of videos that I had never seen, including the most precious video ever.  Keith had taped Kirby getting weighed, measured, and cleaned and then handed back to me (oh my, I looked so overwhelmed!!!).  That video will help me remember how small he was.  I watched my little, little Kirby and cried like a baby as my heart exploded with love.  I can't believe he's almost 5 months old, and the past five months already feel like a blur.  I promise to watch that video every time I feel that I'm beginning to take him for granted or feel tired after changing the hundredth diaper or any other time when I need a refresher on how amazing of a gift his little life is.  What an amazing moment!!!  Thank you, Keith, for catching such a beautiful moment of our lives.  Seriously, I'm tearing up just thinking about it.