How Do You Measure a Year?

1 year


4 seasons


12 months


52 weeks


365 days


8,760 hours


525,600 minutes


31,536,000 seconds


And how it flies. . . .

6/29/2010

The Little Guy turned one yesterday.  ONE!  What a year it has been. . .  I never knew that my heart could love so much.  There are so many things I could write about this first year of his life, but the most important thing is that we took time to enjoy it.  Every single minute of it. 

We measured his year through photographs, and I took a few minutes to flip back through all of them this morning.  It is amazing to watch your child grow right before your eyes, reliving moments from the past 365 days.  It reminds me of how very blessed we are.  And how very far we have come. . .

4 months

9 months

11 months

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,

Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, In cups of coffee

In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure a year in the life? 

How about love?

 Measure in love 

Seasons of love. 

(Johnathan Larson, 1996)

We love you, Little Guy!  And look forward to many, many more Seasons of Love with you!