When the boys were babies I thought about the milestones... first tooth, sitting by themselves, first steps, first words... I never thought about the not so obvious ones.
I waited in anticipation for all the obvious things and recently I've noticed something, the not so obvious ones are sneaking up on me. Things that are milestones but yet aren't in any of the books.
* One of the first non obvious ones was the slow and subtle switch from mommy {or mama} to mom. Now there is still the occasional mommy slipped in every now and again {there is a direct correlation with either being sick or hoping to get something} but dash1 is full on in the mom stage of life.
Actually he's in the moooooooooom stage. Quite a feat actually, the ability to turn a word like mom into a nine syllable word but he can do it.
* Making a joke that makes sense.
Leaving Target we were walking down the sidewalk to the car and dash-1 told me a knock knock joke. After he finished, the boys kept walking and I stood there, frozen in my tracks.
It was a joke.... that made sense.
Might not have been a Seinfeld caliber joke but start to finish the whole damn thing made sense.
* Being trusted to eat ice cream cones. In my car.
And they DID NOT MAKE A MESS! Definite non obvious milestone.
* Being embarassed of me. In public. And at home.
Ok, so I figured that one was coming but it still snuck up on me.
Someone told me once, in regards to kids, "The day day can drag on, but the months and years fly by" and that couldn't be more true.
There are days that I am just shuffeling thru hoping to make it to bed time, it seems like I've lived three days in the course of one day, but then I look at the boys and I almost don't recognize them. They go from cuddly little babies to rough and tumble big boys overnight it seems.
All while telling poop jokes and eating ice cream cones in my car....and trying to dodge my kisses in public.
If you have kids what were, or are, your non-milestones milestones?
Long Overdue
2 months ago
