Year review

Well an entire calendar year has gone by. The first intact year of Finn's life. No partial year. Not the part autumn, part winter of his birth year but rather January to December, mail me a card for all of the holidays kind of a year. Arguably the most dramatic developement within a twelve month period of time a human being undergoes (the 9 months in the womb, the first three out not withstanding). He went from a Happy New Year 2009 baby who still only got Mom's milk and woke often and had infinite numbers of diaper changes and just laid where you put him with an unfocused, kinda cross-eyed stare to a welcome first and second tooth end to January. The sweet valentine gift of sleeping all night long and rolling over. The Memorial Day pull to a stand and crawling on his knees in June 2 weeks later. To, of course, the cruising along the edge of furniture and the first tenative but fearless steps, more a waddle and fall than walking. He is now of course is fast and fearless. Climbing onto anything that gives him a handle. From the early walking period where you had to know where he was every fraction of a second to where you only need to know every second or two and find him on top of the kitchen table. A sort of independence for him. Not a John Hancock taxation without representation sort of independence but close. Not an off to college, thanks for the diploma and math homework help sort of independence. Something similar but different, he still comes running to daddy when I get home. He still tries to climb onto the counter without help, Bunker Hill style, he still needs a fresh diaper every now and then. And I'm just fine with that sort of independence.