Heart Moments

I know my baby is growing up. He is much closer to a year than to 6 months. We have been expecting him to crawl for weeks now. And he finally did. He crawled toward a desired toy yesterday morning and again this evening. I was excited. I grabbed the camera to shoot a video. I shared that video with everyone that would watch. I accepted the fact that he was crawling.

But this morning, he did something different. He crawled to me. With an impish grin on his face. With lights dancing in his eyes. With an uncoordinated, unpracticed gait. He crawled to me.

My world stopped for those few seconds. My heart exploded into a million sweet fragments. I thanked God for this precious, amazing gift.

Then, I scooped up Austin for a big hug and asked him when he learned to be so big. And the spell was broken because he had other places to go.