It Happens In a Blink

It happens in a blink, you turn around and your son or daughter is now all grown up, another mile stone gone, another year come and gone. This past week my husband had ordered my son a new mattress for his bed. Before he was born, we bought furniture for his room that would convert as he got older. For example, his crib bed converted to a day bed and now his day bed to a double. For some this may seem like no big deal, but to me it is just one more reminder of how fast by baby is growing up. His mattress came in yesterday, so we made the drive into Charlotte to pick it up. James was so excited! Who would have thought a child would be so excited over a new mattress? I thought only adults did that? However, he was beaming. "Daddy, can I get out of the truck to see it, PLEASE?" His eyes wide open, like a child come Christmas morning. We loaded up the trailer and off we went. We stopped by my parents house before heading home and then we all grabbed a bite to eat. Once we finally pulled in our drive, James became even more excited. "How are you going to get this huge thing in the house?" That's where Daddy comes in. Jeremy quickly unloaded the box spring and mattress and in the door we went. We then cut the plastic off and began the process of putting his "new" bed together. James had us wash his Angry Bird sheets and comforter that he had got for Christmas. They were nice and crisp and smelt heavenly as we placed them on his bed. Here came that look in his eyes again. Finally he crawled into this bed and laid in the middle. The bed now even looked more bigger than it did before with his little body laying in it. It completely consumed him, but he was content in his new found "BIG" boy bead. I stood and looked at him and then crawled in the bed and lay beside him. I turned and faced the wall so he wouldn't see the tears whaling in my eyes. He is growing... In a flash another mile stone has come to pass. There is no turning back, we can only move forward from here on out. It happens in blink, it happens in a flash...growing up.