Growth Spurt

Do you ever have those moments when you look at your child and suddenly realize how grown up they are? I had that moment a couple of weeks ago with my little Olivia. She was walking down the stairs dressed up (as usual). This time she was wearing some jean shorts and her "glass slippers." It had been a long winter and I hadn't seen her legs in a while... They were SO LONG. Then somehow, even though the heels she was wearing were made out of plastic, her little ankles were so shapely..... she had lost all that cute little chub =0(. Then she wanted me to take a couple of pictures of her, and when I looked at them she looked so grown up!

Well, today, I had another confirmation that she is definitely growing up. She put on her pants this morning.... The same pants she has been wearing for the past 18 months... They have always been plenty long..... and then this morning I noticed it. Their floods! My little girl is officially leaving the life of toddler hood.... I guess it's a good thing I have so many pictures, so I'll never have to move on. I can just live in this day forever =0).

Just a cute little Liv story from today:

She had been playing chase with Gwen. Both parties loved it. Then, Liv got a little too rough, and Gwen went down. Gwen started Crying and Liv had a time out. When I went back to retrieve Liv after her time out, she said, "Mommy, I'm so sorry I hurt my sister, I just said a prayer while I was on the stairs that I could be gentle to Gwen." What a sweet little angel she is.