9 Months....the time it takes to grow a baby, give or take a few weeks. And, this very important increment of time is how long I believe it took for Forrest to grow from a baby to a little boy. Sure, he's still very baby like in many ways, loves to cuddle, still breast feeding. But, he's more like a little boy. He explores like a little boy, plays with his toy cars and seems infatuated with how the wheels turn like a little kid, and interacts like a little boy.
This length of time has also tied us closer with friends of ours. The week they gave birth to their first son Rio, Alex and I conceived Forrest. And when Forrest was born 9 months later, they conceived their second little child, a girl. And this little baby girl was born just 2 weeks ago, around Forrest's 9 month birthday. So we have this cycle, three children born, who will very likely remain friends their entire young lives, all 9 months apart, yet Tina and I did not spend one day being pregnant together.
Now they say it's my turn again, my time to conceive my second to keep the cycle going.
And....
I say....
we're gonna wait on that. Let the cycle lengthen a bit...or a lot....Hopefully mother nature doesn't intervene...
:-)
