Good times

Noelle and I were talking awhile back and I told her how much a I love her and she told me she loved me too. I then said "you're so special" and she said "you're so special too Mom". She walked up to me and climbed on my lap and we hugged. As we hugged she told me very seriously... "Mom, I'll never leave you". My heart felt so full and so in love with this little person who is my daughter. I thought about whether I should explain that she will eventually leave me and probably be happy to do so, but I decided to just enjoy the moment and let her believe this is how it will always be. I love being her mom so much and I love that I will always be her mom even though she will grow up and leave one day.

She's been seeming so old lately. I feel like she should be starting kindergarten in the fall but no if she goes to public school she will have two and a half more years until she starts kindergarten. It feels to me like she's already half grown up!

And then there's Maddie...sweet, smiley, determined Maddie. My little baby is nine months old now and I really do wonder where all the time went. She has the greatest way of interacting with people, from her glorious waving to her array of smiles, she is captivating to say the least. The best present she can give me is to give me the biggest, chubbiest smile she can. The one where her tongue is sticking out, her eyes are squinting, and her chin is squished so beautifully into her neck that her face is at it's fullest. She is a delight in every way. Her personality is already so endearing and I think she's going to be a socialite like her sister.

It's crazy how you live your whole life without your children and then you have them and you can't imagine not knowing them. Even just when we had Noelle, thinking about another baby was so strange because all we knew was Noelle. You know where this is going...now we have Maddie and that's right, I can't imagine life without her. I'm glad I don't have to and that there is the possibility of bringing more wonderful children into our family that we won't be able to imagine life without.