It is hard to believe, but yesterday was Lime's first birthday. What a year we've had since he was born. As I look back on it, I think that yes, in some ways, having a baby during this past year did make things harder. Sometimes much harder. But, having a baby along on this wild ride made things, if not easier in absolute terms, easier to bear. Lime has been a constant joy, a delight, and a comfort to me. I don't know how I would have gotten through the year without him. I am thrilled by how fast he is growing, how quickly he's becoming his own little person, how close he is to walking. And I'm slightly heartbroken that I soon won't have a baby anymore.
We celebrated this milestone with Uncle Jared and Auntie Lauren, who came to visit from New York. It gave Lime's first year a nice symmetry, since Uncle Jared was also here in town exactly a year ago, when Lime entered the world. We shared a few nice meals, and of course, some birthday cake. We even captured a semi-decent family photo, to compliment the accurate but less frame-worthy one Papa Bear snapped a few days earlier.
This birthday means that we're just a few weeks shy of the end of what I refer to in my mind as the 0/2 year. Uncle Jared asked me over dinner one night if I thought that this would be the hardest year for our family. I have to say I honestly have no idea. I have long since given up even the pretense of making predictions about the future. I hope that the next year is filled with love and health for both of my boys, and I will do everything in my power to make that happen. And beyond that, we'll just have to take it as it comes.
It is hard to believe, but yesterday was Lime's first birthday. What a year we've had since he was born. As I look back on it, I think that yes, in some ways, having a baby during this past year did make things harder. Sometimes much harder. But, having a baby along on this wild ride made things, if not easier in absolute terms, easier to bear. Lime has been a constant joy, a delight, and a comfort to me. I don't know how I would have gotten through the year without him. I am thrilled by how fast he is growing, how quickly he's becoming his own little person, how close he is to walking. And I'm slightly heartbroken that I soon won't have a baby anymore.
We celebrated this milestone with Uncle Jared and Auntie Lauren, who came to visit from New York. It gave Lime's first year a nice symmetry, since Uncle Jared was also here in town exactly a year ago, when Lime entered the world. We shared a few nice meals, and of course, some birthday cake. We even captured a semi-decent family photo, to compliment the accurate but less frame-worthy one Papa Bear snapped a few days earlier.
This birthday means that we're just a few weeks shy of the end of what I refer to in my mind as the 0/2 year. Uncle Jared asked me over dinner one night if I thought that this would be the hardest year for our family. I have to say I honestly have no idea. I have long since given up even the pretense of making predictions about the future. I hope that the next year is filled with love and health for both of my boys, and I will do everything in my power to make that happen. And beyond that, we'll just have to take it as it comes. 
