I was catching up on her blog and this post jumped out at me. She writes how I feel perfectly "I've always been mindful of my sentimental heart, but I'm learning to nurture that hyper awareness for how my babies are growing and changing into a good place. I want it to serve as an appreciation and motivation tool rather than a rut that makes me yearn for yesterday or focus too much on how quickly time is passing. Because I'm pretty sure that focusing too much on how quickly time is passing and mourning that it's gone only makes it worse. Besides, right now is pretty awesome. Forward, forward we go."
A sentimental heart is the perfect term for what I have. That is why I love Christmas so much, that time of year is filled with love, warmth, tradition(I am a stickler for tradition) and joyfulness. Pictures are what do it the most for me, they tug at my heart bringing back memories of things past. But the memories are (almost) always the best ones:)
Ethan keeps this sentimental heart in the moment. I do think back to when he was only a couple weeks old and would snuggle with me all day and I miss those days. But I treasure remembering those moments and this bouncy giggling boy sitting in front of me makes me content to be here now. He is constantly changing, growing and learning which I feel blessed to be apart of.
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| A rare shot of just Ben and I |
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| Watching the cars outside, he gets very excited as they pass. |
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| Tummy time |
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| My stylish little man is ready to take on Ikea! |
Lovely post Cherie. So happy that you can be content in enjoying the moments of where your son is at right now. Fun to notice the learning part from his point of view too. Christmas is not Too Far Away, ha! XO
ReplyDeletelove reading your posts and you are a amazing photographer too. Always enjoy looking at your photos. ;)
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