Your Love is Home: My 9 Month Old

"The days were long and the years, short." I can't remember where I read that but I know it was a mother. It describes a busy, day in the life of a mom perfectly. I remember within the first few weeks of Stella's birth, when I was still nursing constantly and getting no sleep, thinking, how am I going to survive? I knew billions of other women had been through the same struggles of being a new mother,
but I just didn't know how I was going to make it. Its funny how that works. In the midst of a struggle or something new its so hard to see the bigger picture and realize how temporary are situation is. It seems like life will go on the same forever, but the fact is, life changes - constantly. Especially with young children. Every minute matters and every second is precious because once it passes, it is gone forever. I'm not trying to be depressing or morbid, but the reality is just that time with our children is precious and we must remind ourselves of this daily when we get caught up in the ins-and-outs of motherhood. You know, the little things we do a million times a day that seem so important to keep the house and family in order? Yes, certain things need to be done (and done again, and again, and again...), but its just too easy to get distracted with all the things that need to be done, and before you know, it your newborn is eating solids and walking and talking and playing soccer and going to middle school dances and then prom, and so on and so forth. I am trying to get to the point to where I welcome change. I know that with each new age, comes a new relationship dynamic. As for now, I have resolved to make it a point to enjoy my 9 month old as much as possible. :)

Here are some photos I took around the apartment complex here. Enjoy!