Ever since Toby arrived, I’ve found myself feeling nostalgic for certain things even as they’re happening. This morning, Toby was playing with water in the bathroom sink, and, as my heart swelled at the sweet sight, I simultaneously felt sad that one day soon he won’t fit in there anymore. Ahh, a mama’s heart is a strange and moody thing.
Joanna, I read this post before I became a mom and I have thought about it constantly since I had my baby boy about 9 months ago…you managed to put into words how I feel almost once per day. Thank you!
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Please don’t tone down your “mooniness” at all! It’s contagious;) I think he has the sweetest little drooly smile ever and i love that he’s brushing his little teeth. Thank sso much for sharing this—he is my favorite internet baby ever!
toby has grown… what a cute
ditto 100%
I completely understand. I often am in the middle of enjoying a prized moment with my 4 month old when I will well up with emotion at the thought that this will all just be a memory someday… How lucky am I to have it in the first place?!?
It is always the little things! Cute pics!
He’s soo sweet cheek adorable!! I sooo miss those precious “play in the sink with water” days with my son…awww he too used to fit perfectly in the kitchen sink now 13 yrs later and he’s almost 5’10” !! Enjoy the precious time :)
Aww..Toby looks so happy and sweet! And just remember, there’s always the option of getting a bigger sink! ;)
he looks so precious! i’m happy we are living in an age where blogging and photographing everything are the norm! keeps precious moments like this one clear forever :)
What a sweet, little dumplin’! Enjoy these precious moments…. <3
Moments like that I always try to remember what a very old lady once told me while we rode together on an elevator at the airport, “It just gets better and better, don’t you let anyone tell you different!” She said it with such fierceness, I will never forget it, and she was absolutely right!
He is such a model-baby. And I totally agree–now that I’m a mom, things I used to consider sweet are now bittersweet.
how cute! :)
That’s so true! I’m so excited that my baby is old enough to eat food but At the same time I don’t want to give him any because that will mean he’s not a newborn anymore. I’m really torn about this whole new stages thing on a way I never thought possible.
Aaah Joanna, this made me all teary-eyed because this is exactly how I’ve been feeling the past few days. Our Finn is growing SO FAST! Slow down, please, my not-so-little boy.
My heart is recording all it can and I want to just take in every sight and sound, and the feeling of him in my arms and on my lap, and what it’s like to be the lucky recipient of so many sweet kisses I lose track of how many I’ve gotten in a day. Aaah I’m sad to think of the day those are harder to come by. It’s so fleeting. But it’s so wonderful.
Aaah, motherhood!!
Awww! What cute photos of Toby!
My favorite photo of my daughter was of her bathing in a big pot when she was a baby. :)
i feel yah, my phone is littered with these moments of our 8th month old.
I keep taking pictures of her little hands holding one another when I nurse her… I have been enjoying nursing lately… one day it will be over and although I will love the renewed freedom etc, I know I will miss this special quiet time we have together. Oh the irony!
such a cutie pie — hearts are breaking left and right!
Snap tons of photos so that you’ll always be able to cherish them, and remember: there are so many more sweet memories for you to make as he grows up :)
PS: that smile is TOO cute!!!
I love the shots we have of the back of our kiddos’ heads, especially when their ears come out farther than their shoulders. And the necks are so delicious…
Great snaps, Joanna. Love your mommy posts just as they are.
so sweet!!! :)
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I completely understand.
too adorable!!
this is SO true! xoxoxoxo
Get a bigger sink, that way you can cherish those moments a little longer…!
Sweetheart little back of the head! Ack…I know exactly what you mean. i feel that same swing all the time. And my girls are 5 and almost 10. sigh….I wish someone would invent a time machine where you could go back and visit their tiny selves, just for an hour or two. I would never trade who they are right at this very moment but, every so often I would love to hold them as babies again. He is just adorable….
xo
Melis
Soak it all in!
I can’t WAIT to put my kids in the bathroom sink!
This is such a sweet moment. I’m glad you were able to capture it! I completely agree about feeling nostalgic for moments even as they happen. That’s why I love photography — because I can capture the moments that I couldn’t bear to forget.
Ah, Joanna, don’t ever tone down your Toby posts. As you can clearly see, we love them! His smile is infectious.
As a mother of two, I can completely relate to your desire to embrace fleeting moments. They are indeed precious.
xo, Theresa
PS~Also really enjoying Motherhood Mondays
clementimes, that is hilarious! thanks for these lovely comments xoxo
Gosh! You all give me baby fever…2 two years and we give it a try.
Mrs.Goddard, your baby is certainly on of the cutest I’ve seen. Même dans la photo floue :-)
My children are going tomorrow with dad on the Adriatic Coast, Croatia (mummy/me has to work one more week, then I am joining them)… I am already feeling nostalgic for them, I already miss them (they sleep right now)…
Yes indeed, mama’s heart is strange and moody thing!
Oh my, he really looks like you, Joanna! And I know exactly what you mean (doesn’t every mother?)!
The first photo is so adorable! What a cutie pie he is.
i’ve never ever felt my heart swell as much as it does now that I’ve had my daughter, Lucy. She’s just under 6 months now and I wish I could just stop her from growing! I hope the heart swelling only grows along with her :)
I felt the same way on my wedding day…it’s hard knowing moments are fleeting! At least you have the snapshots to remind you.
I love this post.
oh this is cute overload! :)
Last summer when my son was 6 months old my husband came back from a walk with him and he looked so sad. My husband said that he just can’t handle how fast our son is growing up and changing (he also mentioned something about us having another baby already… are you serious?). Right at that moment we were super corny and pretended to take a mental photo (bringing a fake camera up to our faces) of our son playing in his bouncy seat. It was a little reminder to ourselves to take in the small moments day by day.
p.s. Toby is just so adorable, you must eat him up every second!!!
Gosh, Joanna. I was just mentioning the concept of fleeting moments to my husband the other day… that which I think about so often. It can be so emotional just staring off at a blooming flower or the sunshine on a gorgeously serene afternoon or witnessing the children in my life grow from stage to stage. Life is, indeed, so very fragile and strong. And it is best to just put our entire hearts and larger than life passions into all we love. Which means digging into munching the babies cheeks with gobbles of kisses and smiling big with strangers and being free with hugs and diving into the dream drenched goodness of life. My mama passed away when I was a little girl and if I gained nothing else from that experience, it is to love the moments fully. It has made all the difference. I am positive you live by this same passion and , boy oh boy, is your Toby a lucky son. Sending love and wishes for a very happy weekend…
Ahh he is too sweet. I have a 3 month old baby girl and I appreciate your posts about Toby so much! I agree that a Mama’s heart is a strange and moody thing…well said!
Being a Mama is the best.
my friend felt the same way about her baby who’s now almost two years old, but her husband would remind her that something equally as precious would come with each new stage. xo
Oh darling darling darling. I just LOVE that shot of the back of his head, it’s simply begging you to nuzzle your nose into that little spot on the back of his neck. What a precious boy you have!
Today my daughter was sitting on the couch and her feet were just casually touching the floor – the floor! When did they get so long?
I rejoice & mourn everyday and hope that I am soaking it all in these past 4 years.
Yup. BUT. There are always great new things to enjoy as they grow up– you will appreciate Toby in every stage, I’m sure!
This is such a precious pic! Makes me wish I was a little kid again.
I for one demand more Toby!
Seriously, the back of his little head kills me with the its adorableness
Me too- I remember putting C in a high chair for the first time and he could barely see over the tray and being sad that he’d be the right fit- which was months away!
I remember reading to my 2 children and being sad when their heads no longer fitted under my chin, but now they make me a cup of tea when they think I need one and a hug is like a blanket, they fit all the way round :)
Mommy moments like that are so precious. Glad Im not the only one who gets all teary eyed when I see my little man do little things that make my heart swell!
i just had to post one more time. i’ve been reading all the sweet comments and am about to cry!! i’m going to go snuggle my baby now … don’t want to miss another moment! :) especially the sippy cup/hair twirling comment, soooo precious.
ahhh, i know how you feel! my sweet baby Tess who turns 5 months next week is getting too big too fast. it just hit me the other day that she’s no longer a newborn. her face is no longer newborn-looking. she’s turned into a real life baby that can smile and laugh and play with toys, enjoy books, recognize her mama and daddy, etc. it’s an amazing feeling, but i get so sad, too, because she’s also outgrowing my arms, i can’t cuddle her like i used to when she was tiny. sigh.
so sweet! what wonderful boys you have in your life!! you are giving me serious baby fever!! :) xx
What a sweetie pie!!! Aww he’s in the sink! Too cute!
my goodness, he already is so big! he looks just like a little man in that 2nd picture.
So sweet. I’ve done that my whole life, always viewing the present how I’d see it in the future as the past. And I don’t even have children yet, so I can only imagine how worse it’s going to get! lol
Oh, wow. You’ve captured it perhaps the most succinctly ever written. I struggle with this same ecstatic/weepy feeling daily. They are so perfect and angelic, I guess it’s only natural we’d want them to freeze in time forever. Toby is an absolute dollface!
Thanks for sharing your mommy thoughts. I love knowing I’m not alone in my baby-lovestruck craziness! :D
Carlyree xo
what a sweet little picture too! And this blog and your posts about how much your enjoying being a witness to all his fun little moments liek these will be really neat for him to be able to look back on and read!
Toby will love all this documenting that you’re doing once he’s older. Well, maybe not when he’s a teenager, but after that! :) He’ll always know just how much his mama cares! That never gets annoying. Lovely photos, Joanna!
Have you seen Kicking and Screaming, the one Noah Baumbach directed? There is a great line that relates well to this feeling of nostalgia. A great movie if you haven’t seen it.
“I’m nostalgic for conversations I had yesterday. I’ve begun reminiscing events before they even occur. I’m reminiscing this right now. I can’t go to the bar because I’ve already looked back on it in my memory… and I didn’t have a good time.
:)
Completely precious.
elbow dimples! i love it! :) these comments are so, so sweet. xo
so sweet:)
There is undeniable sadness when you are saying goodbye to certain stages of being a baby. You can always try to find comfort in the new things that will come as Toby gets older – like really talking and developing more of a personality. A a child really is a gift and each each stage is like a new gift. =)
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What a total little sweetie!
I remember clearly tearing up from time to time just looking at my baby and thinking about how quickly he was changing.
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