Xander Week 55 - Ahh, that independence
October 19, 2007
I think the week after Xander’s birthday, he blossomed into a toddler. It feels like one week he was still our baby - we were carrying him around, feeding him baby food with a baby spoon, and he pretty much accepted what we were doing and where we were going. Then, he learned how to walk with shoes on, and figured out that with shoes on his feet, Mom and Dad would let him walk around outside. For a few days we were able to hold his hands and he was content to walk with us, pointing out interesting things, and walking where we wanted to walk.
Then he decided that he’d had enough of being guided around - he wanted to go where he wanted to go. If we try to take his hand and point him in a different direction, he pulls out the peaceful protest move and simply picks up his legs and or just sits down. Then we are forced to pick him up and carry him which of course elicits loud screams from Xander, which makes anyone around us give us the “are you a bad parent?” glare.
The amount of change Xander has gone through in the past month or so just amazes me. It’s as usual, a bittersweet transition - we are so excited to watch him develop into his own little person. At the same time, we had just gotten comfortable with the previous setup, and as usual, we are forced to continually adapt to meet Xander’s latest development.
*sniff* he is getting so big, so fast!
This is one amazing little man. You and that Zac do great work.
Thank you, how about another?