Six Months

She was just born last week and we just brought her home a couple days ago...but everyone is saying she is six months old? How could that possibly be true? How has her lovely face already been here for half a year? If the rest of her life goes by this fast, she will be 16 in about three days!

Some of the days have gone by slowly but every week has ticked off the calendar at lightening speed. It needs to stop! I need to remember these moments! I need to somehow capture them...put them in a bottle...keep them in my wallet. 

Everyone says to enjoy every precious minute. I didn't understand when she was a tiny, fresh baby full of screams. But now I understand. Those days of newness and bewilderment passed more quickly than I thought. And now she rolling and eating and smiling. I should have enjoyed those moments more. Why didn't I enjoy those moments more? Why didn't I take every opportunity to snuggle her tiny body? Now those moments are gone. But thankfully there are many more moments to come. More snuggles and more opportunities. Thanks, God, for more days.