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Last night I cleaned out Ryan’s closet. One of the few remaining items in it that wasn’t packed was my old diaper bag from when he was an infant.

I haven’t carried that sucker in at least 6 months, let alone looked through it. I chucked that bastard right after Ryan turned a year old and I decided to simplify my life and just throw a diaper, container of wipes and a juice box into my purse.

So this morning Ryan pulled the old diaper bag out of the closet and started digging though. The things he found!

–4 spoons, ranging from the infant one that changes color according to the heat of the food to a plastic toddler fork.

–A blue index card with “Ryan” written across it which had hung on his little bed in the hospital when he was first born.

–Camoflage baby sunglasses

–Water Babies sunscreen

–A barely used pacifier

–Some plastic grocery store bags that I would have used to put wet diapers or clothes into when out on the go

–A tampon (yes, mommies have needs, too)

–a blue hotrod HotWheels car

Looking through these items was like going back in time. It ran the gamet from my newborn child to nearing-toddler. I felt like I was reliving the first year of his life. It’s totally cliche and every mom will tell you this, but it’s true: time surely does fly.

The little person who I am now observing climb my dining room chair to get up onto the table and go through boxes is totally different that the little baby in the hospital bassinet with a blue note card identifying him. He is now his own person, with a love of Elmo and pizza, a hatred of flies, excitement over playing outdoors and fear of sleeping in the dark. He makes his likes and dislikes known to us and keeps us rolling with laughter. He’s the coolest person I know.

So if you get a chance, dig through your own diaper bag archive. You’ll be amazed at what you find.

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