my girl

This little beauty is my heart. I love her, and she makes me so happy. She is now 5 months old and so full of life. She is at the age where she can grasp at items and hold on to toys (most of which almost always end up in her mouth). She loves to laugh and she will crack up endlessly at her brother. When he walks into the room, her face lights up and she will follow him with her eyes. I just know they are going to be best friends.

This morning I finally went into her room at 10:30 to wake her up because I had not heard a peep from her room all morning, but when I walked in she was already awake. She was just holding onto her feet and looking around her room. I have no idea how long she had been like that. I thought she was just exhausted from the crazy week we have had and decided to sleep extra long, but she was just content to hang out in her crib. She is like this almost every morning. Even mornings when I do have to wake her up, she will just open her eyes and give me the biggest smile. I'm not sure what I did to deserve her but I thank God for blessing me with such a wonderful daughter.

It's so funny. I was never really aware of the hole left in my heart after losing my mother until I had children. I guess I was so used to the emptiness I felt that I considered it normal. But since the birth of my children, the hole has been closed and I now know that this is how normal is, this is what I should be feeling. I have never in my life had such a sense of contentment. I long for nothing. Because everything I ever needed is under this roof.