I've been meaning to post this since about a week before Coleman was born but never quite got around to it. I don't know if it was the fact that I was so close to having another baby, but for a couple weeks I was feeling very... I'm not sure what the right word is... maybe nostalgic, sentimental, I don't know... whatever it was I was just loving Afton so much. I think part of me was feeling sad for her: that she was losing her spot as the baby, that it wasn't just going to be the 2 of us at home during the day, that her world as she currently knew it was about to change forever... My other kids had 4 or 5 years before the next kid came along to unseat them and Afton only got 2! It didn't help things that she really is the sweetest baby ever! Seriously. I think I was noticing all of her little sweet things even more because I knew what was coming and felt like I needed to enjoy her more and appreciate everything about her before I got distracted by the new baby. Afton truly is a joy. She brings so much love and happiness to our home. She is my little buddy... she follows me around during the day and wants to help me clean- and, unlike most almost 2 year olds, she is actually helpful- she is so polite- I've never heard a kids her age say please, thank you and sorry as much as she does without prompting. She loves to laugh, dance, give hugs, sing, play outside... I seriously can't stand how happy she makes me sometimes! I once told Chris that I felt sorry that other people didn't get to know her like I did. I know that sounds really odd, but I really did feel sad that more people couldn't be blessed by her "melt your heart" smile and joyful personality. She has changed my life. She makes me want to be a better person. She makes me want to be a better mom. I am so excited to see what she does with her life and for more people to know her and love her like I do. (PS I took this photo of her the other day. She has become obsessed with that hat and wears it almost nonstop!)
9.29.2008
Sweet Afton
I've been meaning to post this since about a week before Coleman was born but never quite got around to it. I don't know if it was the fact that I was so close to having another baby, but for a couple weeks I was feeling very... I'm not sure what the right word is... maybe nostalgic, sentimental, I don't know... whatever it was I was just loving Afton so much. I think part of me was feeling sad for her: that she was losing her spot as the baby, that it wasn't just going to be the 2 of us at home during the day, that her world as she currently knew it was about to change forever... My other kids had 4 or 5 years before the next kid came along to unseat them and Afton only got 2! It didn't help things that she really is the sweetest baby ever! Seriously. I think I was noticing all of her little sweet things even more because I knew what was coming and felt like I needed to enjoy her more and appreciate everything about her before I got distracted by the new baby. Afton truly is a joy. She brings so much love and happiness to our home. She is my little buddy... she follows me around during the day and wants to help me clean- and, unlike most almost 2 year olds, she is actually helpful- she is so polite- I've never heard a kids her age say please, thank you and sorry as much as she does without prompting. She loves to laugh, dance, give hugs, sing, play outside... I seriously can't stand how happy she makes me sometimes! I once told Chris that I felt sorry that other people didn't get to know her like I did. I know that sounds really odd, but I really did feel sad that more people couldn't be blessed by her "melt your heart" smile and joyful personality. She has changed my life. She makes me want to be a better person. She makes me want to be a better mom. I am so excited to see what she does with her life and for more people to know her and love her like I do. (PS I took this photo of her the other day. She has become obsessed with that hat and wears it almost nonstop!)
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