So, yesterday while blogging my 6 year old exclaims, "I want you to write about ME, Mommy!" to which the others enthusiastically chimed in. Here we are... a series dedicated to the little ones in my life who have stolen my heart.
Kayla:
My first baby. How else can you describe the first child you gave birth to? Absolutely amazing. I was a few months shy of 21 when K was born. I remember her being placed onto my belly and her gazing up at me with eyes that were the same shape as mine. She took my breath away! It has been truly amazing to watch her grow... from the skinny little baby who loved to dance around and shake her bootie, to the chunkier toddler who would "ballet dance" to classical music in her Snow White tu-tu, to the budding child who discovered a love for art and reading. Now, at the age of 10 1/2 I am finding more woman than child in her, both physically and mentally. She is growing at a rate faster than my heart can handle.
Today she is in 4th grade and just recently has started her own blog (see: http://kayla-fourthgradetales.blogspot.com/ ). She loves to read and draw. She has an extraordinary eye for detail. She is sassy and bossy, but amazingly loving and compassionate. Looking into her dark, almond shaped eyes with her red-highlighted, unruly chestnut hair I can begin to see traces of the woman she is growing into, and someday will be. Some days I want to hold her back... tell her to slow down, be my sweet little girl still, the baby I cradled at my breast. Other days I am so excited to watch her learn and grow and am ecstatic and curious to discover the woman waiting to bud inside of her.
Slow down, baby, Mama's heart can't quite take it yet...
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