Peterson Family News and Happenings: Battle of the Song Lyrics

I find myself torn. There are two songs that always make me cry and now that I have kids, they make me cry even more. Both seem so very relevant to the life of a parent and seem to get more relevant as I get older. Trace Adkins "You're Gonna Miss This" and Darius Rucker "It Won't Be Like This for Long" both seem to strike a cord for me.

"You're Gonna Miss This" is the story of a girl growing up and during various points in her life her parents and a complete stranger tell her to slow down, relax and enjoy it because there will come a time when she will miss it. The main chorus states -
But you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days
Hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
On the same side of that coin, you have Darius Rucker singing about how the bad times of parenting (if there are any) go by so fast so hang in there because it "won't be like this for long" . Even though he sings about his little girl, it is not hard to substitute a "he" for "she". The main chorus goes -
It won't be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
And this phase is gonna fly by
So he's trying to hold on
It won't be like this for long

I find myself trying to keep these lyrics in the back of my mind as Harvey is hell bent to grow up faster than I want him to. July 9th - he started to army crawl. The week after, he started to sit up on his own and shortly after he started to get his legs under him and really crawl. Last Tuesday (August 7) he figured out how to pull himself up. :S I really think the kid will be walking before Christmas. I find myself missing my little baby. I miss being able to put him down and know he will be in the same spot when I get back. Don't get me wrong- I love his personality. I love how he can talk to us and how he interacts with everyone in the family. He is learning so much every day it is simply amazing how he can take it all in. He is eating solid foods, he is getting into anything and everything he can find...and when we tell him "no" he stops, looks at us, gives us the "what? I'm cute, right? I don't have to listen, right?" look and goes right back to what he wasn't supposed to be doing. Dang kid.

I guess all I can do is sit back and know that it isn't going to be like this for long so I need to enjoy every moment - because someday I am gonna miss this...and part of me already misses it.

I have included some video of Harvey and his major milestones. The one thing I do not have yet is a picture of his tooth - the one and only he has so far...but I hope to get a picture of that as soon as I can.