Independence day is too far away

I was going to save a post like this for July 4th so that it would be funny and interesting, but independence day is too far away.

     Charles-Winston is becoming more independent and he likes his alone time, he likes to be put down sometimes. He's ready to start becoming more self-sufficient, but I'm not! In a skewed remembrance of the first few months, I liked that he needed me to hold him constantly and care for his every need. Now that he can sit up on his own he starts crying if I pick him up when he wants personal time. It just makes me so sad that he's becoming more autonomous because he thinks he doesn't need me as much anymore, but I still need him a lot. We used to cuddle all the time and now he only wants to play.

     I wish there were more hours in the day because I want to cry when he goes to bed and I think about his accomplishments and how amazing he is, I fear I'll wake up one day and wonder where all my time with him went.