In just a few days hence my daughter, my darling Snowflake will be starting first grade. I am ready and I'm not ready. She thinks she is ready, but you can still see the nerves. Anything new can bring about some nerves till the routine is down. Nerves are ok. It is just part of life. What I'm not ready for is the fact that my daughter is growing up so quickly. It doesn't seem like that long ago and I was snuggling my sweet newborn in our home in Virginia. Then, she was bigger and HATED her crib. She just hated it. So as the picture shows we modified things for her and once more sleep happened.
Then, we moved to Wyoming, where we live today. We moved and she began to really grow up.
She was a cute as can be baby, but she grew to be a beautiful little girl with piercing blue eyes, but I know, I'm just a wee bit biased! This little girl didn't stay little for very long. In a quick twist of time, she was a preschool kid. Full of love, wonder, silliness, zest for life, the energy of 12 Energizer bunnies and just so many smiles, hugs and so much love. The following photo is one of her favorites. It makes her giggle so hard, "I'm like a confused Superman, with my underwear outside, but on the wrong part of me! This is why you call me Goofy."
And then I blinked. Surely it was just that short of a time, just a jiffy and she was my beautiful, stubborn, smart, athletic, but rather obstinate and easily frustrated, still loving kindergartner.
And now, in just a few short days I'll be taking her first day of first grade photos. She is on a cheer squad for little man football, she does American Heritage Girls and wants to try gymnastics. She loves church, Jesus and her friends. She is stubborn and sassy, smart and silly, she has anxiety and is full of creativity, love, hugs, helpfulness and ENERGY. This girl can go and on very little sleep (something her doc and I are working on).
I know that it will seem like a nanosecond and I'll be posting about how she is starting at the local junior high, high school, college, grad school and married life. So, as the days zoom by I plan to enjoy as many moments as I can. To do my best as her Mom and to just be thankful for the time God gives us each and every day.
She was a cute as can be baby, but she grew to be a beautiful little girl with piercing blue eyes, but I know, I'm just a wee bit biased! This little girl didn't stay little for very long. In a quick twist of time, she was a preschool kid. Full of love, wonder, silliness, zest for life, the energy of 12 Energizer bunnies and just so many smiles, hugs and so much love. The following photo is one of her favorites. It makes her giggle so hard, "I'm like a confused Superman, with my underwear outside, but on the wrong part of me! This is why you call me Goofy."
And then I blinked. Surely it was just that short of a time, just a jiffy and she was my beautiful, stubborn, smart, athletic, but rather obstinate and easily frustrated, still loving kindergartner.
And now, in just a few short days I'll be taking her first day of first grade photos. She is on a cheer squad for little man football, she does American Heritage Girls and wants to try gymnastics. She loves church, Jesus and her friends. She is stubborn and sassy, smart and silly, she has anxiety and is full of creativity, love, hugs, helpfulness and ENERGY. This girl can go and on very little sleep (something her doc and I are working on).
I know that it will seem like a nanosecond and I'll be posting about how she is starting at the local junior high, high school, college, grad school and married life. So, as the days zoom by I plan to enjoy as many moments as I can. To do my best as her Mom and to just be thankful for the time God gives us each and every day.
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