Baby Pigtails

This is from August of 2005 - Tooter hadn't even been born yet. sigh..... Amy had put her hair up in pigtails for the first time that day.

Jmk happened to see this picture in the past week, so I thought I'd post it here so we could see it from time to time. I can't quite believe how grown up her face is becoming now, especially when I compare it to this picture. There are times that Poodle still has her baby face, but those times are slowly being outnumbered.

It is hard to see these old pictures without a pang of sadness.... which, of course, is crazy because I should be feeling joy that she is with us, and is growing and is changing and learning. But, I fall in line with about a squillion parents before me. We all see our babies and yearn for just one more moment to hold their warm little bodies and kiss their big squishy cheeks.

I didn't deserve to be given these children - I did nothing to merit the blessing of these never-stopping bundles of precious joy. But, by grace and mercy, He gave them to me anyway.

Now, check with me on a random evening at 5:30, when the kids are driving me crazy and I'm mentally beat from the day, and my retrospection might not be quite so weepy and sigh-filled. But, in the quiet of naptime, my sighs walk hand in hand with my smiles.