Reese's 1st Birthday

So I didn't think that I would have a difficult time with my baby turning one. I have never been one of those sentimental people who don't what time to move forward. But I must say that Saturday (Reese's Birthday) was not an easy day for me. I kept looking at Reese and wondering were the time has gone. It truly feels like just yesterday that I was sitting in the hospital holding her for the first time and marveling at how absolutely perfect she was. From her olive complexion, to her dark hair, to her tiny little fingers and toes. She was so little. Only 5lbs 10oz and 19 inches long. But then at the same time I can not really remember life without her. Reese has this way of calming me and bring a peace to our home, and I think that she does the same for most of the people in her life. She is such a social baby. She loves everyone and will smile readily at almost everyone she meets. Her eyes are blue, which is a marvel to Zack and I. She has the funniest face that she pulls just to make you laugh. She seems to be wise beyond her age, and in a rush for her body to catch up to her spirit. She is walking now, though it is not her main form of transportation, her fine moter skills are getting better as she is really is into taking things in and out of drawers. She can almost always be found sitting in front of the lid drawer emptying it contents. She loves to eat food, though she still doesn't have any teeth. She screams in protest if you think that you shouldn't have to share your food with her. She is defiantly my child as she prefers chocolate over anything else. I can ask her questions like; "are you hungry?" and she will nod her head yes or no; she is starting to communicate her desires. I love this little girl and I want so much for her to stay little long enough for me to enjoy it, yet I long so much to see the wonderful women she will become. It is hard being a mom, and watching all these changes happen so fast and wishing for it to take longer. I am told that I should cherish the time when I can still take my children in my lap and love them, when I still have a chance to help them decide what to wear, what to eat, and even what to play, because it will not be long before they will neither want or listen to my opinion and will no longer fit into my lap. So I think that I will try and stay still long enough to watch not only Reese, but Lance and Claire, enjoy their life's. I think I will try harder on days that are difficult to remember to cherish this time. Because it will be only a fleeting moment before they are grown and gone and I will wonder then, more than I do now where the time has gone.