Holding my sleeping baby is the most beautiful moment of my today.
Her cherub face nestling into my chest, her tiny hand stretching up to my face, little fingers resting on my lip.
This is the moment I try so desperately to savour. Since the moment she was born.
Just hours after she became ours, I held her tight and looked over my littlest girl, and marvelled at her sight, touch, warmth and how her little body fit perfectly across my legs. That memory is still fresh.
As I cradled her tight days and weeks {and months} after I kept checking her growth against the span of my legs. Slowly those tiny toes extended beyond my lap, and then her little feet, and then her head and her feet.
Today as she slept with her head against my chest as if listening to the rhythm of my heart, I noticed half her legs dangling over my lap. And those centimetres of her growth took me by surprise.
Big. {All of a sudden}. Beautiful. {More than words}. Growing. {In every way}. Love. {So so much incredible love}.
My baby girl. Almost one. Almost a year of days, moments and love threading together as her story.
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Elisa, you have brought tears to my eyes. My baby rapidly approaches two. I love the sleeping cuddles memories I have imprinted on my heart. Such special moments.
ReplyDeleteoh it's so bittersweet, isn't it?! we delight in their every growth and feel saddened with every bit of baby that disappears before our eyes x
ReplyDeleteHow gorgeous! I know exactly how you feel. My little "Cherub" is almost one too. While it's wonderful seeing her grow, and learn new things, I wish she could stay small forever. xx
ReplyDeleteAww, I love this post Elisa. It is amazing how quickly they grow & if we don't slow down to enjoy, it's gone in a heartbeat. So precious that you have been savouring those cuddly moments each day...I do the same. Gorgeous pic of your sweet little lady xo
ReplyDeleteHappy almost first birthday!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how quickly they grow!
One of my best friends just had a baby and when I hold her newborn it feels as if I am just holding a blanket...but I remember thinking when Baby C was only just born that he was so heavy!
Of course now I am used to cuddling my big sixteen month old boy...and I love now that he can cuddle back!
Hi Elisa..thank you for popping in today! The first year is so much of a learning curve and babies grow so incredibly fast don't they..it always amazes me that when you have your second and you get used to changing a tiny little bottom again, it is incredible how big the first one seems.
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So beautiful - and scarily fleeting isn't it?
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Such a moving post in so many ways. I can really relate to how you are feeling. I look at my little cheeky charley so often, now 17mths, in amazement at how divine she is, but also in astonishment at how quickly this time has passed. I feel sad that my little baby will soon be a toddler & that time has gone & I'll never get it back. Then on a happy note, so many wonderful development stages ahead:) Nx
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful, know the feeling well xxx
ReplyDeleteMy almost-one is one on Sunday. I can't quite believe it. A year really does go fast, although I do feel like I have savoured every moment. Gorgeous girl you have there. xx
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