Growing Up

This picture of Carter was taken about a year ago when he was still very attached to his binki and blanket. While tucking him into bed the other night I suddenly realized how fast he is growing up. I saw his blanket laying at the bottom of his bed. I noticed lately that he has been leaving it behind , and has been much less attached to it. This is the same blanket he has drug with him everywhere since he found it in my closet when he was barely a year old. The blanket had originally been bought as a baby gift for a friend, but after 3 or 4 attempts of Carter swiping it from the gift bag in my closet I finally gave in and gave it to him. It became is very favorite blanket from that time on. He would follow along the edge of it with his fingers and find a hole in one of the corners where he would put his finger. He called it his "favorite hole"! So when I was him laying there and the blanket at the bottom of the bed I suddenly realized how fast he is getting big. I asked him if he wanted it and he took it. I told him about how he got the blanket in the first place, and laughed and asked me to tell him another funny story, but this time about his preschool teacher for some reason!? Anyways, it makes me sad when I take a moment to stop and realize how fast our kids are growing up. I think if I had my way he would cuddle with that blanket on the couch until he was all grown up. I am glad to see the binki go however!!