Apparently A parent says so

This is the first post I have made for the New Year. Officially on the record your mother and I acquired a Ford Explorer today as a result of kindness from a member of your extended family. Again I affirm to you the importance of keeping people close to you as you progress through life. The way in which we present ourselves as people, the way in which we treat other individuals, and the effort you put into the ties that bind those people around you all have great effect on how positive results you will see.

On this day, you were introduced to Wade, your mother's step-father. Although, you yourself slept through the event entirely. I urge you to in the future be more social when your relatives are around you, although considering your age of only 9 months I suppose we can let you have a pass on this one. Wade is an interesting man and currently works as a crane operator for the construction of iron structures. As you age and develop I am sure you will get to know him much more.

You are now nestled down in your crib, sporting your dinosaur footie pajamas, happily asleep allowing your mother and I just a bit of time to enjoy a few television shows on NetFlix. These moments of quality time for the two of us draws shorter with the passing of time it seems, however love is a glue of our relationship that binds us together. We have you our boy, and very proud of you we continually are.

As of your 9 month checkup with the doctor you weigh now in excess of 20 Lbs. and you currently stand at a height of 2 feet 4 inches. You are really growing up quickly my little man. The doctor is impressed with your ability to maintain yourself at the higher end of the development scale as you make your progression through physical, emotional, and spiritual maturation. Containing some level of irony, he expressed this in the visit using the expression, "He is a little Doogie Howser M.D."
The irony being found in that this is a reference to a television show that was of significance during the time in which your parents were yet developing. It starred an actor named Neil Patrick Harris and as result with how each episode ended it ultimately encouraged me in my passion of recording things in a journaling method. This would also lead to the eventuality of current of my keeping of such a web log as this.

Maturation

     Growing up on a farm leads a young man to learn about processes that occur in the world in a slightly different way than that of an individual growing up in the city being educated primarily in school on the matter. Words have always been a love of mine, my stepdad taught me to love words by frequently reading to me. One word that I specifically remember vividly, mostly because I had such a struggle learning to pronounce it properly, is the word “Maturation,” and it always amazed me how the fate of an animal or crop would be determined through his use of this word. Maturation is defined as the process of maturing, the emergence of personal and behavioral characteristics through growth processes.
     Looking back on those simple times of watching a crop of corn reach full maturation before harvest, I realize that I have also witnessed something slightly more gratifying. Having seen the birth of my son, my eyes have viewed the maturation of a pregnancy. Moreover, I am able to reflect on quite a bit of self-maturation as I have put away childish things of my past and am now picking up on things that make me as a role-model, a father, even a fully matured man. I find it so humbling how this little boy has created such a change in me that can be described only as total maturation.
     As goes the circle of life, I now see that I am, in a small sense at least, back at my beginnings watching maturation take place. Now, instead of watching some pig pack on the pounds or watching a crop of barley going to seed along the journey to maturation, I am watching my son progress through all of the milestones that will lead him ultimately to adulthood. His first words being formed out of his tiny little mouth, his first steps, and his first day at school all are examples of him moving forward at a steady pace towards his maturation. 
    Regardless of how you view it, a self-actuation of the process, or a third person point of view, watching this, the process of maturation is extremely rewarding. This can be viewed all around you; in your garden, your pets, even your children, the process of maturation is noted. If you look hard enough you will probably even find at some point that you, yourself have embarked on the great voyage that is maturation.