Don't Blink

I feel like our lives are flashing before our eyes. It seems like just yesterday that I was pregnant and waiting to meet our sweet girl. Ith as been 10 1/2 months since she came into this world and I honestly don't know where the time has gone. I do know that I have enjoyed every single second of being her mommy. I know I promised to write more but things happen, life gets busy, and well, I need to sleep sometime. :-) When I left you last, we had just returned from the beach. We got back into the swing of things and before we knew it, it was time to go see KK and Gramps. {Rewind just a tad- Chrisily's third tooth broke through on April 28th. It was her top right lateral inciser. We thought for sure her middle teeth would come before those, but no, she surprised us!} On Saturday, May 5th we loaded up and headed to MS. We decided to drive straight through. We waited until after Chrisily's second bottle/solids and then left. She did so great! She got a little fussy right before it got dark because she was tired but couldn't go to sleep, however, once the sun went down, she was out! We got in around 11pm their time and Chrisily and I played with KK while the guys unloaded the car and got Chrisily's pack N play set up. We had a wonderful week with KK and Gramps. Chrisily is infatuated with Gramps and if he is in the room, her eyes are on him. He shared his dreamsicle with her. She wanted to play with the pups- T Beaux and Zoey. We went to Cock of the Walk and she tried fried pickles and greens. She tasted KK's yogurt and my BOPS. We went shopping and KK bought her lots of cute summer clothes. She also got to see some of KK's friends and coworkers (You know we couldn't go to MS without Kathy showing her off!). It was so nice to make the trip just to hang out. No weddings or showers or anything to do, just hang out. I know KK and Gramps hated to say goodbye but they were headed to San Antonio to Luke's graduation and they will be headed up here in July for Chrisily's 1st birthday.
We've been home a week and Chrisily has started doing so much! Her 4th tooth popped through on Saturday and her 5th tooth popped through today (her left inciser and her left front tooth). On Friday she was able to stand a few times without holding on to anything and on Saturday she took her first steps! My family was over to celebrate my birthday and I was showing them how she could stand on her own and all of the sudden she took a couple of steps to me. Jacob and I both were there and it was so awesome. She took a couple more this morning. She is still a little ways off from walking on her own, but I don't think it will be too long.
This year was my first real Mother's Day. Since having Chrisily I have a whole new respect for moms. It is the hardest job I have ever had and it is definitely the most rewarding. I didn't know I could love someone so much. Chrisily brings so much joy to my life. I am so thankful that I get to be her mommy. This Mother's Day was also special because Chrisily was Dedicated to the church. We invited our family to come and our church Dedicates babies that are one year and younger on Mother's Day if you choose to do so. We felt like this was very important. It was a very special service.
Celebrating my birthday was also special this year since I got to spend the day with Chrisily. My dad was off work so he went with us to lunch, to pick up Chrisily's birth certificate (yes, we are a few months late), and to walk around downtown. He also bought us ice cream. It's days like that I am reminded of just how precious life is and to enjoy the little moments because that is what life is made up of.. Sure we have some big events scattered in between, but mostly we live in little moments. Precious little moments.
I will leave you with some pictures from the last month.
Until next time...

 {Melts My Heart}