In the blink of an eye...

Evan never stops moving. His legs are always kicking, he always squirms when held, and he is all over the floor. So naturally, he has a set of feeding bowls that suction to his high chair tray--Mr. Grabby Hands is always reaching for something.

The other day, I heat up his yummy homemade food and transfer it into his spill "proof" bowl (ya'll see where I'm going with this...). I securely suction it to his tray--as far away from him as possible, so as to reduce temptation--and turn to grab his bib. By the time I turned back to him to put said bib on (like 1.5 seconds), this is what I see:

This may not look too bad to you, but this was before we even started eating, so he had the entire duration of the meal to spread that around the tray, his face, and his clothes!  Once I saw this and realized that I couldn't really do much before he made a total mess, I just started cracking up! I called Shawn down to see--it was just too funny. I got him out of his clothes before we left the high chair and I just took him to the sink to rinse his hands and face.

That is one of the many things I quickly learned about being a parent: a sense of humor. If you don't have one, you will just be stressed out all the time. You have to learn to laugh at things beyond your control. The truth is, babies are meant to get messy. Clothes can be changed, messes cleaned--It's precious moments like this, though, that come and go in the blink of an eye.