McChesney Memories

The McChesney family has been busy little bees the past few months. Not on anything in particular, but running from one thing to another. Recently I had started a scrapbooking club as a chance to get out of the house and get to have some adult conversation. This last Saturday, while I went to the club, Lee decided to have a daddy son day at the zoo. Lee and Eli had a blast and had some great time together!

After that we went to our nephews, and Eli’s cousins, birthday party. It was a train party and his mommy did a great job making everything and setting it up!

They had a bounce house also, but Eli cried the whole time he was in the house. He enjoyed playing in the sand box and running around the backyard. Inside he did nothing but push around a little play vacuum cleaner! On Sunday we went to church and got to spend lunch with my family at my favorite restaurant, Hoffbrau! Afterwards I was excited to spend some time at home just hanging out! Previous weekends we’ve enjoyed the circus, swimming parties, water parks, and baseball games! Like I said it has been busy, but we are really enjoying our summer.

Now it is coming to a close and I am getting super excited about starting my new job at South Oaks Baptist Church. It will be great to get out of the house 2 days a week because I’ve spent the last year closed in the house all day long. You can get quite the cabin fever living a life like that, but now Eli is older and ready to be around more people and make friends! I am really excited about the next year!

Last week we took our first family vacation with Eli. We thought it would be fun to go to the beach and what a perfect way to do that but to head to the Texas south coast. However, before we headed down there we wanted to get Eli acquainted with the animals of the ocean, so on the first day of the vacation we went to Sea World in San Antonio.  I realized we would be really close to some good friends that live in Austin so we changed the plans to go down Sunday night and spend the evening hanging out with them and their handsome twin boys that are a week or so older than Eli.  Unfortunately one of the twins was sick, so he stayed home, but half of the Byrd’s still came to our hotel to swim in the pool and play together!

On Monday we headed out for San Antonio to go to Sea World. We spent the morning at the Lost Lagoon (the waterpark at Sea World) and Eli loved getting to go in the water and be surrounded with kids his age! He made all kinds of friends that morning!

After nap time, we went back and spent the afternoon at the shows seeing all kinds of different animals! We enjoyed the Sea lion show, Shamu show, and Beluga whale/ dolphin show. The down side was that it was extremely HOT in these buildings and we had to keep the water flowing!

On Tuesday we went back to Sea World to spend time with the dolphins and we wanted to see another show, but the timing never worked out so we just went into the shark/ coral reef building. Eli loved this way more than I had expected! The tanks had glass walls from floor to ceiling.  I was really disappointed we couldn’t see another show though! At this point we were all a little cranky and the heat only made it worse!

When nap time came around we started out towards South padre where we were going to be spending our time at the beach.  It was about 4 hours from Sea world so we got there by dinner time. We checked into our hotel first and then found some dinner. After dinner we got into our bathing suits and went to the beach.

This was what Eli’s face looked like the whole first evening we spent in the ocean and on the sand! I think he liked it!

On Wednesday I had made reservations for us to go on a Dolphin watching tour. After spending time with the dolphins at Sea World I wanted to see if Eli would like to see them in the their own environment. The tour was from 10:30-12:15 which was a little longer than I really wanted, but they set the times. So we thought, we’ll see what happens. When we first got out there and saw the dolphins Eli was astonished and loved it! When they came close to the boat he would stop and watch them real close!

However, after a little more than an hour the waiting to see a dolphin wore off and he started getting very cranky and whining!

I also spent the whole time nervous about the railing and Eli falling into the water. I really wished I had a leash for him at this point, so I could let him run around on the boat without worrying, but we didn’t have one so we had to hold him the entire hour and 45 minutes! Despite all that I would never take it back and I think the time he was engaged, he really enjoyed it. Just a little long for a 15 month old.

Then that afternoon we headed back to the beach for awhile! I was fully expecting to spend a few hours there playing in the sand, finding sea shells, and in the ocean.

However, when we tried to go into the ocean the waves were worse than the waves at the wave pool at Sea World. Before Lee and I could get into the water waist high a wave would come through and knock us down (that’s how strong it was).  That happened once and knocked Eli, in his floaty, out of Lee’s hands and almost turned him over! After that I was done and didn’t trust Eli out there even if we were in the floaty with him! So we went back to the beach and played in the sand and let Eli explore a little. During which he stuck a handful of sand in his mouth that I had to use saltwater to get out. The sand was very dense and didn’t rinse easily! Lee enjoyed going back out into the waves and seeing how far out he could get! If there hadn’t been any waves, you could have gone very far out before it got deep.  If only we could surf, we would’ve been in heaven!  Eli loved looking for little seashells and chasing the seagulls that came very close to us!

However, I was surprised that after an hour and a half Eli was done. I don’t know why that surprises me, his attention span isn’t very long.  We had dinner that night and some delicious gellato ice cream and then had to change our plans and figure something else out. So we went shopping! I spent the evening going from tourist shop to tourist shop, it was fantastic! Then we drove the island and found some better beach spots and Lee got some awesome beach pictures!

Thursday when we got up we had planned to go back to the beach for awhile before our drive home, but after crappy continental breakfasts all week we ended up going to a restaurant and enjoying a scrumptious morning breakfast. Then went to CVS and loaded up some things before our long drive home!

We anticipated the trip home taking about 10 hours, but it ended up taking 12 hours! The border checkpoint stop didn’t help with that either. We drove nonstop till dinner and got to the San Marcos outlet malls.  I got to shop some more (Yipee!) and then we had dinner and headed out again. On our way there we had seen this awesome rest stop outside of Salado that has a playground and was determined to stop and play on our way home. So when we came across the Bell County rest stop we cut off traffic to get to it and stop. Thank God we did because Eli had a blast and learned how to run!  He and Lee played chase because the playground equipment was to big, but they had good padding for the ground for him to run on and mommy doesn’t need to worry!  He did try to get on the slide though.

After a bit we loaded back into the car and it was a race to get home before Eli melted down! I was hoping when it got dark he would go to sleep, but he didn’t! When we got about 20 minutes south of our house, it happened. The meltdown started and he screamed so hard he almost threw up!  But we made it home and put him straight to bed. He spent the rest of the weekend sleeping basically and trying to get back on schedule! He got to eat candy, treats, soda, and junk, but now it was time to get back to normal healthy eating and I think it made him happy to get back to that normalcy. We all had an absolute blast and can’t wait for next year!

This entire holiday weekend I kept seeing this picture in my mind:

This was taken at Eli’s first 4th of July holiday.  He was only 3 months old and it made me a little sad that he couldn’t really enjoy this great holiday and all the traditional festivities we have become accustomed to.  However, I knew in good time he would. So this year, I was super excited to celebrate with Eli and get to watch him light up to enjoy his REAL first 4th of July!  We began on Saturday the third with a parade put on by the city of Arlington.

Eli could not take his eyes off all the floats. However, his favorite were the motorcycle Elvis’! He loved watching them ride around and do tricks. When all the high school bands came by his dancing butty got busy and captured a crowd around us!   We got there a little late and it was very muggy, but well worth the trip! Then we went home for afternoon nap and as soon as he got up we headed out to Midlothian. We went to the stadium there to get ready for the big fireworks show the city puts on. My sisters church was also going to have a bunch of activities and fun stuff for Eli to do at the stadium, however, it poured rain right before we got out there turning the area into a mud pit since they put it all on the “grass”. Lots of people still attempted getting out there and it turned into mud slosh! Kids and teenagers were covered in mud! My family decided to go ahead and get our spot in the parking lot and camp out till it got dark and socialize instead!

We played around and then once it got dark the fireworks show started. Last year Eli was just fine with the fireworks, but knowing that he is older and a lot more nervous about things than he used to be, I didn’t know how he would do. At first he liked how it looked, but when he heard that loud pop, he winced and started to whine. Then the next pop, he did a little more. So we found a passy in the car and gave it to him to calm him down. If daddy was standing and holding him with his passy, he was okay, but he still winced a little.  After about 10 minutes I gave in and took him to the car. If we sat inside the car on the passenger drivers side, we could still see the fireworks with a muffled popping sound. Thankfully, it was cool outside so we didn’t have to turn the car on! He was totally calm inside the car and watched the rest of the show with no problems.

Then on Sunday the fourth we headed back out to Midlothian after nap, but this time we headed to the McChesney’s family house! Our tradition there is that we get to drink as much soda as we want and most of the day is filled with blowing stuff up and then when it gets dark we shoot off our own fireworks. As soon as we got there, Lee’s sister, Rachael gave Eli some headphones to put over his ears for all the fireworks, and those turned out to be such a Godsend!

These especially worked out well when the boys wanted to set off Blackcats all in a row! Very loud! At first he was a little unsure, even with the headphones,  but eventually became used to the chaos! Before it got dark the kids all played in the backyard and my mother-in-law got out the “swimming pool” for impromptu swimming fun. It was like a little kiddy pool, but it was the deep end left over from their above ground pool they used to have.  It worked out great for Eli and his cousin Loghan to swim in. I call it the country style of swimming! Very inventive and Eli had a blast!

As it started getting dark we went back over to the drive way to continue shooting off our fireworks. Eli got to use his first sparkler! With his love of sticks I knew he would have a blast with these. I had to stay VERY close because a couple of times he wanted to touch the bright fire at the end of the stick! Once we taught him not to do that he loved shaking it around in the air and watching the sparks go everywhere. We started with a short one at first and I kept getting burned, but then we moved onto a much longer one and this worked well!

The rest of the evening we sat and watched the others shoot off fireworks and drank our soda (Eli had water). I was so happy I didn’t have to be one of those moms who had to miss out on everything because my child was too scared! I didn’t want to sit inside all night and miss all the fun, so I hoped and prayed Eli could handle it, and with the help of the headphones, he could!  I can’t wait till next year when he can do more stuff and enjoy the noise of the fireworks a little more!

Mission: Pacifier Removal

We made it through a whole week of pacifier removal during the day. He only uses it at nap and bed time. The first day was pretty funny.

The background is that before Eli was born we bought some passy’s that have plastic caps that closed when it was dropped. Turned out that they stay closed most of the time and it was difficult to open. So sometimes, over the past 14 months, we would let Eli play with them, but he could never open them to use them. We would open it and put it in his mouth then a few seconds later he would take it out and it would close. He never figured out how to open them. He would sometimes just stick it in his mouth with the caps closed and chew on it, but that was it.

So back to the first day, when I got him out of his bed Monday morning, I tried to take it out of his mouth and he bit down on the nipple and wouldn’t let it out, but I yanked it out and threw it in the bed. Then as soon as we got in the living room he found one of these capped passy’s. I didn’t think it was a big deal because I didn’t think he would get it open, based on past results! Well, guess what he learned to do in about 2 minutes????? Get the passy open and suck on it!!!!! I cracked up! I couldn’t believe it! So after that I just let him have it, because he impressed me so much!

The rest of the week went a lot better than I thought it would! He had a hard time in the car most of the time, but I think he is getting better at that now. He started squealing again last night and I am not real happy with that! I’ve had my moments of weakness and most of the time Lee would say no, we aren’t giving it to him! Which is why he fits me so well! Last night at a restaurant though, when he was squealing at the top of his lungs, we both gave in, the funny part is that it didn’t even help! I’ve been really proud and surprised at how well he has taken to this, even with ear infections!

Some of the huge advantages I’ve already seen is that he has become such a chatter box! His speech has sky rocketed! He just talks and talks, especially in the car(when he’s not screaming)! He has also rediscovered his tongue! He has 2 new teeth on the bottom so he is rubbing it against them, but he would’ve never done that with a passy in his mouth nonstop. This will truly be worth it once we make it! In those hard moments I just have to remember what the end goal is! I also hope this squealing phase doesn’t last much longer! Sorry Rachael and Vincent for having to endure that during dinner! Here goes week 2!!!

After some persuasion by my family Saturday at the lake I decided to start the process of taking Eli’s passy away! Some other ways I’ve seen it’s time is that he is talking much more and I feel that having the passy in is keeping him from pronouncing his words as well as he could. He is also more interested in discovering this world that he can walk around in now, so there isn’t as much of a need as there used to be. Now that it is summer it will be easier because he isn’t getting sick as much and needing it for that, so here we go!

THE PLAN: From today through July 19 we will be taking it from him during the day and leaving it in his bed! This will be particularly difficult when traveling in the car! It’s going to take a lot of patience and possibly ear plugs. The exception will be when we travel to South Texas on our vacation and I want him to sleep in the car! Then, when July 19 hits, I will have Eli throw the passy in the trash and any subsequent passies found afterwards will have the nipples cut off! We’ll have a littlel farewell party. I am fully prepared to get very little sleep that week, but he will still have his snugglies to cuddle with in bed!

Let’s see how this goes!!!

On May 20 we got to attend an FC Dallas professional soccer game for the first time ever with Eli! We were so excited about Eli getting to enjoy the whole experience, and I was a little anxious about how well he would do at a 2 hour long game.  I think watching a soccer game is more exciting than most other sports because there is almost always action going on the field. Half time is short, so you are literally watching the whole time, you better get your snacks before because you aren’t leaving during the game, you might miss something, like a goal (which doesn’t happen often)!  

Well, we got there, after paying a ton of money in tolls. As soon as we got into the stadium we had a little hiccup in the plan because our tickets included all you can eat snacks and we didn’t know we had to go get a band to get the snacks. After working it all out and getting our dinner, the game had already started, so we ate quickly and then went and sit down. Eli’s face was covered in amazement the first time he saw the field and team! I think he is really going to enjoy this with daddy more when he gets older. The section we were sitting in wasright above the “cheerleading” section, as I call it, where there is a large group of  fans that chants and cheers the whole game with their drums and flags! Eli spent most of his time dancing to the “songs”.  I let Lee enjoy most of the first half of the game, after getting some good pics as I chased Eli around on our blocked in row.

After half time we took Eli in his stroller around Pizza Hut park. He was so calm just sitting in the stroller enjoying the surroundings. When I went to get some pizza the pizza lady had to tell us that she was surprised he was doing so good! She couldn’t handle her 18 month old last time they came to a game because he kept running around! I realized at that point that Eli had done really well all night! No meltdowns or squealing (even though it probably would’ve fit in with the loud crowd) and no spastic moments! At this point it was way past bed time and he still hadn’t had a cranky moment. I was very proud of him! Then we stopped by the store and got him a t-shirt (half price, I might add) and grabbed a free Snapple.  On the way to the car we saw another family with a child Eli’s age with the same soccer outfit on!

We had to mention it and then her mom made sure to point out the pink shoes since the outfit was very boyish! I applaud her for at least trying to let people know it was a she and not he! Some people don’t do that and it can be very confusing. Anyway, we made it to the car and Lee decided to take a further way home to avoid the tolls.  I was fine with that, but Eli decided to not go to sleep until we were 10 minutes from the house (of course).

We had a great time that night.  I hope we get to do it again!

Last night Lee got home late from work and Eli had really missed him, after getting to spend all Monday night with him alone. So Eli was really excited to see Lee and I thought this was the perfect opportunity for us to see if Eli would walk to him. Eli had already taken a step last week so I was hoping for more but not expecting it. Lee came and sat in the floor and I picked up Eli and stood him up. Then all the sudden Eli takes off walking to Lee! He took many steps to get there. We were both ecstatic and clapping. Eli just kept smiling from ear to ear. Then we got out the video camera to try and catch it on tape.

On April 6 Eli had his first birthday! We wanted to have a great celebration for him because he only has a first birthday once. I honestly see it as the biggest birthday a person will ever have.

The Saturday before, we had his party at a park and the weather was beautiful, but due to Easter, very busy! It was super fun. We had pizza and cupcakes and it was baby einsein themed, which Eli LOVES! Thankfully, to some friends, we had enough baseballs and tees to have a mini baseball game for all the children that came. Then Eli had his first cake ever. It took some time, but Eli finally dug into his bright yellow caterpillar cake. He pretty much hung with his grandma and nona the whole time which helped me to keep up with party needs.

Then the actual day of his birthday we had a wonderful family day! Eli had not been feeling well the days prior to this, so I was worried he wouldn’t be up to doing anything. However, he woke up that morning fever free and  seemed to feel well enough to get out of the house so that we all could enjoy the day. We started by going to the zoo for a few hours. Eli really enjoys the zoo. He is incredibly interested in watching the animals and loves being outside! Then we headed home after our picnic lunch for nap. Once nap was over we headed to the doctor to get his new stats. As soon as we left  we went back to Fort Worth to ride the miniature train. It’s a long scenic  train ride through the parks and by the river. Lee, Eli, and I really enjoyed that relaxing bit to the end of the day. Then we had dinner and went home. Eli collapsed once we arrived home, because he was so tired!

That afternoon of the 6th we took Eli for his well child check at his pedatricians office. Since he had fever in the past 24 hours they could not do his one year shots, but we did get his stats. He now weighs 22.6 pounds and is 29 1/2 inches tall. He falls in the 45 % for his age on both counts and 50% for his head size. He is on milk and total sippy cups now and 1 nap a day. This transition period has definitely been the roughest so far, but well needed. He loves to walk holding onto to your hand, but hasn’t gained the confidence yet to let go and walk on his own, but he has definitely found some new independence. I am finding it harder to keep him confined in my arms, or within a gate, or any other way I’ve used previously. He absolutely loves to push a walker or the tractor out in the backyard. He has even started pushing our big chairs in the livingroom! He is on the move now and there is no stopping him! I’ve also started reading 2 or 3 books a night to him before bed and it gives me that much desired snuggle time with him, but also helping build those verbal skills. He says momma, dadda, and yeah. I’ve heard a few other things once, but I won’t count them until he says it more commonly. However, he babbles in “conversation tone” . I use that term to explain that he loves to talk to you in his babble. We don’t have a clue what he is saying, but if you ask a question, he answers. If you talk to him, he talks back. I love it! Unfortunately, he has also learned to have an opinion. Without the words to use when he wants something, he reverts to the high pitched squel instead. We are still working on this one. He is more frequently using his wave to say bye bye and hi and he has learned to blow kisses, but since he leaves his mouth open, as soon as he puts his hand over it, he gets distracted and starts popping his hand over his mouth and making a sound that he finds amusing! He hasnt seperated the two tricks yet! He also loves to clap when someone says yay!He has also become a huge fan of cars. He loves to drive them around on anything anywhere around the house! I would’ve never guessed that, but he really enjoys them!

This year was, technically, the first Easter for Eli. Last year he was only 5 days old, so he didn’t get to enjoy it like a child should. So this year we did it up right with Easter bunny pics, basket, egg hunting and all the traditions that go along with Easter. On the Saturday befroe we went to a friends house where Eli and 3 of his church buds had a blast hunting Easter eggs. The next morning Eli woke up to a basket that the Easter bunny had left for him filled with toys, a baby einstein DVD, and candy. I had not allowed Eli to eat chocolate or peanut butter before he was one because of the fear of allergies. So now that he was almost one we let him dig into a Recess’ chocolate bunny. I have never seen that child so happy! He absolutely loved it! Then we got dressed in our Easter outfits and headed to church. As soon as church was out we went over to my parents house to have lunch and have another Easter egg hunt.  After lunch Eli was able to crawl around and hunt eggs once more (finding a dollar money egg) and then sat in the grass watching his cousins find the rest. We ended our busy Easter with a trip to grandma and grandpa’s house to visit a little more with his cousin Loghan before he headed back home. It was quit a whirlwind of a week, but I wouldn’t change a thing! However, next year we may plan Eli’s birthday party on a different weekend than Easter!

So much has happened since my last post. Eli enjoyed many of his first major holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. As I have said before it is amzing to enjoy all these celebrations through Eli’s eyes now. It brings a whole new meaning. Now we look forward to Valentines and Eli’s first birthday which is just around the corner.

Today Eli had his 9 month check up and thankfully we didn’t have to have any shots, but he did have to have blood drawn form his foot. The actual prick didn’t even peek his interest, but as soon as she started to sqeeze his foot to get the blood, he cryed. The results came back great meaning that he has more than enough iron in his little body. The part I was anxious about was the percentiles. Eli has been at the bottom of the percentiles since he was 2 months old. After the major weight loss at 4 months, I never thought we would  get here. However, after 5 months, he has finally caught back up to the average. He weighs 20 lbs. 10 oz. and is 27 and 3/4 inches. This is in the 50th percentile for weight and 40th percentile for heighth. I knew he had gained a lot of weight since his last check up because he is heavy when you pick him up, but I didn’t know the stats. This is so exciting for us!

I can’t even list his new tricks since my last post because they are numerous, but there are a few that I am extra excited about. He has very recently began to crawl on his hands and knees. He has been army crawling for about 2 months now, but hadn’t progressed beyond that until recently. A few weeks ago he had learned to pull up on his daddy’s tummy from laying on the ground, but couldn’t pull up on anything else because it required him to get on his hands and knees first. Now that he has realized this he has began getting on his hands and knees more often and just started pulling up on everything! Pulling up and crawling has happened almost simultaneously. He has been sitting by himself in the tub now and last night just started to pull up on the side of the bath as well. Of course this scares daddy to death, because he is scared he will fall, but he also loves to see his sense of adventure and curiousity. Eli also loves to play with his toys in the bath and in the floor. He has also moved into eating much more table food. We began meats and he loves it. Everytime Lee or I are eating he crawls over and wants a bite and now we can usually give him one. He doesn’t eat everything yet though because there are still many baby allergies I am not ready to expose him to yet, but last night I was eating a sherbert ice cream and I was able to share it with him! He LOVED it! He loves to babble. He clearly says dadda and more recently momma all the time, but from time to time he just chatters in his own language. He loves to babble in the car. I like to think it is because he is singing to the music like mommy loves to do. Just the other day Lee was telling him to put down the dogs bone and he started shaking his head no at him. It was a very serious moment, but Lee and I cracked up laughing (in private of course). So he hasn’t learned to say no, but he has learned to show no. He makes Lee and I laugh histerically on a daily basis and that is the true personality of Eli Scott Mcchesney.

This has been such a CRAZY month! Every weekend this month our family had two or three activities going. It began with the Texas State Fair. Lee and I usually go every year because we always got free tickets in the school system. However, this year held a whole new meaning! We saw it through Eli’s eyes! I never knew how much more amazing tasks can be until I saw it through his eyes. I loved to see the excitement, curiosity, and wonderment of every new thing! Seeing and touching the live animals just invigorated his senses. It was beyond words. He also got his first taste of extreme sugar that day. He got a tiny taste of cotton candy and powdered sugar. With it being a new taste, he didn’t really appreciated the sweetness of the sugar.

The next day we got to go to a pumpkin patch in Midlothian with his cousins. It was the first time he got to touch a pumpkin and see what they were. He really loved getting to pick them up and put them in his mouth (of course) and watching his cousins run around amongst the cloud of orange.

The next weekend we had a pumpkin carving party with his friends at church (all boys). Once again, he tried to eat the pumpkins and then enjoyed watching dada open the pumpkin and pull out the slim! Eli got another sense overload by feeling the slim and putting his hand inside the pumpkin. Then he got some good quality time to play with his friends!

The third weekend we hit it out of the park with 3 activities a birthday party, air show, and another pumpkin patch! He went to his first birthday party since he has been old enough to know what’s going on around him. There was a bounce house in a large gym with some bigger toys. He really didn’t know what to think about being in the bounce house.
His eyes were real wide, but his buddy Griffin put him at ease when he went in there and took care of him! He was so sweet with him. Then he got to go on a slide and drive a little car, however, he eventually kept falling out of it, but enjoyed it none the less. Then we left and went to the air show. Another big eyed moment was when he saw those gigantic planes! Unfortunately, he couldn’t focus long enough to see the blue angels in the sky, but he enjoyed hanging out on the ground eating some sunglasses. I think he also enjoyed being outside in the sun. The next day we went to another pumpkin patch. Only this one had hay rides and little houses to play in and a little kiddy area. He loved to feel the pumpkins again and go on the hay ride. It probably felt nice to have the wind blow slightly in his face.

Then on the 28th we had trunk-or-treat at our church. He was a baseball to match his buddy the baseball player! They were so adorable. He got to go from trunk to trunk and get candy, but he just loved getting to see all the different decorations and costumes people wore. At each car was another look of wonderment! It was just such an experience for him. Finally we ended this crazy month with Halloween. We met at my sisters house and Eli just stared at everyone on their costumes! It was like, I know you, but I don’t recognize you! It was hilarious! As it got dark we went from door to door. He only went to a few doors, but loved the whole experience!

In all this he started standing next to an object to support him, by himself and just broke 2 teeth. As well as fine tuning the art of grabbing his toes and my hair! He loves to give kisses (Lee thinks he is just trying to suck on your face, but I disagree) and hugs! He is really liking to watch his world and even picked up the word dada. Every morning as I dress him it’s dadadadad…..dadada….dad. He also has found that it is a blast to splash the water and let it hit him in the face! He thinks it’s hilarious!

He’s really blooming and that little 4 month old that weighed only 10 pounds feels like it was a  life time ago because of how much he has grown since then! However, time feels like it has just swept away and I find myself missing those days sometimes.