Times flies when you’re having fun…

Summer 2012 is coming to an end rather quickly… It seems to have gone so fast and I think that’s in part because your 2^nd birthday is approaching… I wish I had super powers and could stop time… Or at the very least slow it down a bit… My tiny girl isn’t so tiny anymore and quite frankly, sometimes it’s hard to take… Watching you grow has been the most amazing time of my life, but there’s also been so much to let go of… Just like I wrote in my very first post… I’ve known all along this is how it would be, but knowing something and actually experiencing it are two very different things… To try and describe exactly how that feels to me is no easy task… Sometimes there are just no words worthy enough…Or maybe I just can’t find them…

We had a really great summer and did so many fun things together… We hung out in the backyard a lot, playing in your pool and digging in your sand box… You and Dad grew the most mouth watering tomatoes in our garden… Everyday the 2 of you would walk out together, grab the hose and water them… You love to pick some cherry tomatoes to play with, never to eat… You and I took lots of walks up and down the street, picking the neighbors flowers and riding your gra gra (scooter)… There was our trip to Florida in June to see your doting Grandparents and Uncle Bobby… You visited every playground this side of the Equator and talked the ear off anyone who would listen… You hung out with Aunt Liz and her cat Molly a few times and got to know them better… I think the Dittrich family single handedly fattened up all the ducks that live at Twin Lakes… Dad would cut up the bread in tiny pieces and you took the “one for me, one for the ducks” route which entertained us to no end… We can’t always get you to eat at home but you never minded dining with the quackers…

Summers end brings the promise of autumn, my favorite season of all… I look forward to the scent of cool, crisp air and the warm colors of the changing leaves… I would like to have a family photo shoot soon and I think there’s no better time of year… I also look forward to continuing our nature walks… Just bundled up a little more and with completely different scenery… We really do get the best of all the seasons living in NY…

As we prepare for October 17, trying desperately to swallow the mixed feelings we have caught in our throats, I am forever struggling to understand where all the time went… How can 2 years have flown by so quickly? I’m afraid to blink, for if I do, I might open my eyes to see the back of a little blonde head getting on the bus for the first time… We have so much more to look forward to then we do to look back on, but the memories we’ve made in the past 2 years make my heart sing with joy, appreciation and pride… Dad is so very grateful for the time he has been able to spend with you… The two of you are best buds, partners in crime, two peas in a pod… You both absolutely adore the other… How lucky we have been to have Dad stay home with you… Most kids don’t get to have the type of relationship with their fathers the way you do… It’s amazing to witness and warms me from the inside out…When I see how he looks at you each day and how his eyes light up and his expression changes, I know… He is forever changed… A new man, reborn the day you were… It makes me fall in love with him all over again; every time I watch him watch you…You gave him something that he never knew existed… A keen sense of hope and promise in the world…

You are everything to Dad and me… Everything!!!

“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” ~George R.R. Martin~