Time's a Tickin'

It's truly amazing how fast time flies.  I created this blog with the intent to blog on a somewhat concise basis... it has been months.  I wake up or go to sleep with things I want to write about and think I'll remember this and blog tomorrow.  It never happens.  I'm partly ok with that.  The thing that usually takes up my time is my daughter.  She requires the attention most days or nights that may otherwise be directed to this.  And the times when she's sleeping, I tend to do the same!  Lately, besides working and sustaining my daughter's life (as I feel that's all I do these days!) we've been on the hunt to purchase the right home for our family.  It's been a long road, since before my daughter was born last July, we've been searching for homes to rent.  This past January we made the decision to see if we would even have the opportunity and credit line to be considered for a home loan.  Low and behold, the gods were good to us!  We have finally found a home that is perfect for us and now the wait to close begins!  We are extremely excited.  But for now, I'm enjoying not filling my time with realtor searches and drive bys through neighborhoods and enjoying my daughter once again.  I already feel like I miss so much with being away from work, having had spend hours a week on the house hunting felt like it was another burden to her and I. 

I cannot believe that she'll be nine months on Friday.  It blows my mind, but how can it not go by so quick.  Ya know, with all the milestones speeding through! She's been pulling to stand for a few months now and cruising along the couch and from toy to toy.  She's let go to stand alone a few times, and part of me just wishes she'd continue to hold on a little longer.  It's just going by so fast.  We take tens of hundreds of pictures and videos, and still I feel it's not enough to remember these days.  One thing that I'm proud of and happy about, our nursing relationship is still going super strong, and no end in the near future.  This warms my heart.  She has very little interest in food, but she's no skinny minnie! Breastmilk has sure shown it's true colors with this tall, chunky, smart monster of mine!

Nursing has now been officially upgraded to Gym-nurstics status and I crack up at the things she does! Laying across, butt up in the air, on top, around the side - it's quite a sight!  With everything moving so fast, the one thing that always makes me and my daughter slow down is when she nurses.  It gives me the time to pawn over her with pure adoration, while she lay still for that brief moment, or perhaps even drift to off la-la-land.  She is my rose, and I love to stop and smell her.