Walk before you run.

Learning to walk in the Hull household has been quiet an adventure, to say the least. I have a 15 month old who wants to run before mastering the art of walking. His thought process goes a little something like this, "now what is the QUICKEST way that I can get to where I'm going?!?" For a while that was drop down and crawl- now its run really fast until we fall and then get up and do it again. We are still working on perfecting it- but I must say how truly exciting it is, this milestone in his life. It has really taught me alot just about myself. At times I would get so frustrated because I was unsure as to what I was doing wrong as a Mom, why was he just not getting it. I was doing everything I could, encouraging him, throwing a party every time he succeeded and STILL NOTHING?!?! Logan has always been one to just do things in his own time, in his own way- kinda reminds me of someone else I know very well (shhh...me). I am always wanting to rush things into being, he has taught me a lot of patience and I WANT to be patient, because I don't want the time to fly like it has been doing as of late. This process of teaching and learning to walk has taught me- determination...Falling down hurts, it discourages you- but my little booger always gets back up and does it again, knowing that he is going to fall- but he has hope that he will stand, he has determination in his eyes that this time I will get it right, this is the time. After time and time again of falling, he is finally a two legged explorer. How exciting...Now, don't get me wrong, we still have a little "WORLD CHAMPION CRAWLER" (yes he won that title) on our hands, he will storm through the house growling and shaking his head NO, NO, NO...what a little comedian we have on our hands. It CRACKS me and his daddy up! As exciting as it is to have this new little person, he looks so TALL now, and everything around him so small. When he stands to play with his Handy Manny tool station he is at a different marker- and that in itself is, heart wrenching. How is it that we learn so much from someone so small?!? Someone with less experience as ourselves?!?! Who teaches us more about ourselves than we ever knew, just when we thought we knew it all too?!?!

"It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy"- Mother Teresa