Our love....

Well, an older picture tonight (but isn't it crazy how it looks so much like her still!!) but while I have been thinking about Miss Pants and how blessed she has made our life, I figured we would reminisce a bit tonight.... To look at her everyday and see how much she changes and grows and learns, I am truly lucky. We are lucky to have been chosen are her parents and I've said that before. This child is full of life and laughter and sass, but she is one in a million. To us she is the cutest, smartest little thing you will ever see! Between tantrums, croppy flops and beginning potty training we can't even to begin to imagine our life without her in it. We knew from the day we found out we were having her that she would be a handful but a blessing! In my most recent issue of Parents there is a page with some life lessons and words of wisdom from kids....

• "Love me, even when I'm naughty. I'll only be the age once."


• "Don't try to reason with me when I'm having a tantrum....trust me--I can't hear you over my own screaming."


• "Keep your promises. It's all about trust. When I'm a teenager, you'll understand why it's so important."


• "Let me do it. I know you can do it faster and better, but sometimes experience is the best teacher."


• "Don't expect too much of me. I want to do what you ask and make you happy, but I'm still little."

I seriously had to stop and close my eyes and let those words sink in. How absolutely true they are. There are so many wonderful caring people who love Miss Pants and I hope that she will grow to appreciate them and feel protected and cared for for being exactly who she is. That is a gift in and of itself. As I was talking to "The Mom" from the Reynolds Family in Progress, she flashed us ahead in time to 8 years from now... "The Boy" would be graduating and Pants would be 10! YIKES! I thought I was going to fall off of my chair! My sweet baby 10! The Boy graduating!!! WAIT--- They can't date until they're 30!!!!

I swear the doctors told me that she'd be 2 forever!! Oh the memories she will aquire throughout her lifetime, I can only hope and pray that she will look back at this someday and know how much her Mommy and Daddy and her closest family members and loved ones care about, adore and love her. Miss Pants, you are the light of my life and I will always do my best to love you, protect you and help you in anyway that I can as much as you want me to!!

On a lighter note...... sorry I got a little sentimental.... we ran out of pull-ups at Auntie's today so I told her that she had to start wearing big girl panties....wish us luck!!!