Daily Dose of Mama: My Deer Sweet Boy

Thursday, October 8, 2009

My Deer Sweet Boy

I had a whole long, verbose post written, but just deleted it. It wasn't how I wanted to share my "secret."

Today Little Bug took two steps by himself. His therapist saw it, and called me and another therapist over to see him do it again. So he actually did it twice.

It wasn't easy. It wasn't completely natural. It wasn't something that is ready to be replicated over and over yet. It's certainly wasn't graceful or effortless or pretty.

In fact, it was almost exactly like that scene in Bambi when Bambi is born and tries to first walk...all gangly limbs and woobles and hesitation and hope and joy.

And it was literally one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

We have decided not to say anything on our family blog because Little Bug is still a long way from walking, but I wanted to get this moment down.

Little Bug, someday when you are flipping through these posts, ask me about this moment. I guarantee that, no matter how many years have gone by, I will be able to tell you every little detail about your first steps, and how proud I am of you.

5 comments:

kellyOctober 8, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Oh, Cori - this one's a tear jerker. Go Little Bug! Maybe it won't happen again for a little while, or maybe it won't be graceful until he gets the hang of it, but you captured this first big moment beautifully and I have no doubt that when Little Bug asks you about it some day you really WILL remember every detail.
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everythingismeowsomeOctober 9, 2009 at 7:09 AM
What a huge milestone! And certainly an event you will remember your entire life!
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KrisOctober 9, 2009 at 10:25 AM
This gave me goosebumps as I read it. What an amazing moment!
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BekahOctober 9, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Oh...what a special moment. I am all sorts of emotional reading this post. Yay for Little Bug and yay for you being such a wonderful mom!
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sueOctober 9, 2009 at 2:55 PM
i have chills! go little bug!
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I'm a 32-year-old everyday mama. My husband (Appa) and I adopted our first son Little Bug (at 10 months old) from Korea in September 2008. We adopted our second son, Little Bro, from Korea in April 2011 at age 21 months. We adopted our third son,Little Moon, at age 3 in November 2013. I've wanted to be a mama for a long time, but I'm still trying to figure out the reality of it all and take time to enjoy the delicate beauty of the highs and the lows.

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