Ringing In The NEW YEAR!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!! WOW!!! This year has gone WAY TOO FAST!!!! We are here at home. The girls already in bed when I really wanted Mara to stay up with us to bring in the new year she wanted to go to bed! Why?? because she hasn't the clue yet. I know that years down the road we will be able to plan a big New Year's celebration and play games all night and watch the ball drop. I am ready for the new year but I am not. My baby girl, Mara turns 3 in January and it makes me sad that she is growing up way too fast!! I don't know if I am ready for that. I have gotten a little teary eyed thinking about it today. Don't get me wrong, I am excited because with getting a year older brings new things that she will learn and accomplish before she turns 4. It seems like just yesterday, she was born, so tiny and frail. So early but so ready to make an appearance into this world. To finally meet her mommy and daddy that she has already grown to love! Just 3 years ago at this time, I thought I still had about 7 weeks left of my pregnancy so when she decided that she wanted to come exactly 4 weeks early, it was a shocker. January always makes me go back to the day that our first bundle of joy was born. The most beautiful baby that we had ever seen, cone-head and all!! LOL!! Now here it is, almost 3 years have gone by. The things that they just learn on their own. I heard time and time again, when are you going to get her potty trained and I would say, we try, she isn't ready. When she is ready, she will go. Sure enough, July 24, 2007, she just decided that it was time!!!! SOOOOO EASY when you don't pressure them to use it. She has been going since and is pretty much FULLY potty trained. We have a Chuck E. Cheese day coming for her because she has become such a big girl!! The things that they say. If you ask her, her favorite store, she would say WALMART, hands down. For a while, she would say HOME for WALMART!! So funny. Not that we spend everyday there but I guess when they recognize it just from the commercials, you know you spend more time there than you thought!!! She is still a very cuddly little girl which I am SOOO grateful for. I know that those days may come to an end where she just wants to sit on my lap and look at the magazine I am looking at or to watch TV with me. Why do they have to grow up so fast??? I know the answer lies in: THAT IS HOW GOD HAS DESIGNED US!!!! Wow, my baby will be 3, in less than 3 weeks! Then I look at our baby, Mariana. She is growing and I am not ready for that!!!Where has the last 9 months gone?? Why can't we just stop time for just a moment to stay there a little longer? I know it is because, that isn't what God intended.

Well, I pray that you all have a very BLESSED 2008!!!!! May God shine His light on you, to direct you in the way He wants for you to go!!! May He comfort you in times of sadness and rejoice with you in times of happiness, but most of all, may He fill your voids that you have not have filled by Him!!