Her life...
This picture says it all... Her eyes focused just ahead of her - the sun, a spotlight on her beautiful features. That flowing blonde hair, those crystal blue eyes... her little nose and pointy chin. And what's that? A SMILE!!! A glint of happiness on a budding adolescent who would sooner be in a bad mood if you made her choose a book over cartoons!
It didn't dawn on me how much she'd grown until I was bathing Ava one night. Stevie and Ava frequently play in the bathtub together, and on occasion I do both the girls hair for them since I'm already in there on my knees... I'd finished up Ava and I stood up to rinse Stevie's hair out and I took a second and just looked at her as I rinsed her bubble free... Her head was tilted back, her eyes closed as the water ran down over her face and shoulders and I almost teared up! That "little kid" face was gone. In it's place were the features of an older child. More defined cheekbones, a bigger forehead. Even her skin had taken a different tone. Not the soft skin of a baby - but the used skin of a kid who'd spent a few hours out under the sun in the summertime.
This was my firstborn... my BABY! Where did the time go? She's been in my life for over 8 years!! I'm not sure how I feel about the time passing me by. I'm not sure if I enjoy going to work every day and coming home 8-10 hours later to another day gone and my children being that much older. It's such a bittersweet feeling - welcoming new independence while saying goodbye to things they used to need me for!
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| Mommy and Stevie - 2003 |
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| September 2004 |
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| Stevie at the fountains in downtown Shreveport |
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| Someone had a little TOO MUCH fun! |
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| These are the moments I will carry forever in my heart :) |
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