What was YOUR “Where did the time go?” Moment???

Yesterday, my 3 year old son calls me to the bathroom, lifts up the toilet seat, tip toes in front of the toilet. He tells me “look I can pee like you now dad!” And he starts peeing in the toilet. I’m watching him with amazement while he is flushing the toilet.I’m so happy for him and I’m so crushed at the same time. He always tells me “when I grow up, I’m going to do this or that like you dad!”. Where did the time go? Even though I had spent a lot of time with him, it feels like I was never there. My son is growing up right in front of my eyes, and it feels like i didn’t spend enough time when he was just a baby. Before he could crawl or walk. It just past right by me.I know I did, but it’s all just a blur. Every year on his birthday, I just wish he would stop growing and be like this. It’s just amazing how my child is growing up so fast.Now when I buy a toy for him, and I tried to figure out how to transform the robot or make something work properly, he is the one who looks at the manual and tells me, it has to be done this way.I don’t know. I’m just so sad. My little man is growing up so fast. And what is worse, I just printed about 500 pictures of him, to make an album to give to him when he is older. And I’m looking at them, and I feel so sad.I always tell him “don’t grow up too fast, daddy’s going to be so sad when I can’t carry you around with one arm...” it seems like that time is right around the corner... via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2zmMQEG