Before You Know It...

There we were. Standing in Lucy's room at 9:08 pm last night. Heath with his arms crossed and one hand on his mouth, as if he was studying something. That something was Lucy actually. Me? Well, I was standing studying her as well, with my hands on my hips. There was a lot of glancing at each other.......hmmmmmm. Finally Heath said, "Yep, let's lower it tomorrow."

I immediately flashed back to a year ago, November 2009. I was standing, with a bulging belly in Lucy's nursery, peering out the window at my dad. He was unloading Lucy's furniture. In the back of his truck, the dresser still stood. On the ground was the crib box. It seemed much easier to take out of the box outside and then move it indoors. Oh, and there are my mums which were still alive.......darn 3 feet of snow on the ground winter!

I got to play the lazy (or pregnant, rather) card and take pictures of the process and got out of assisting at all.

They moved the crib and put the frame at the highest setting. They even moved it over to the appropriate corner.

Then, my dad said it. "Before you know it, we'll be lowering the mattress." At the time, I said, "Oh yeah...," as if I knew what he was getting at. Really, I was thinking....um, no that is like forever from now.

Boy, was he right.

Back to last night, I grabbed Lucy's hands on the side of her crib and lowered her back down. She grumbled, as she had delighted in hanging onto the side and jumping up and down vigorously. Any bystander could tell she was looking for approval and perhaps a little bit of applause at her achievement. Instead, there we stood.......staring, watching her fluffy, baby hair 'whoosh' in the wind her bounces were creating.

How did we get here so fast? It seriously feels like yesterday that we put the crib together. And, why did my dad's comment stick with me so? Where did the time go?

Tonight is the official lowering of the crib. I am saying good-bye to semi-mobile Lucy and welcoming mobile-Lucy into our home. Is this the final step? Nope. But, it is another step in the 'safe' direction. Wish me luck on this milestone readers!