Sleeping Beauty, a mental snapshot

Bunny has been that child that you don't have to fight in order to get them to go to their bed and lay there and put themselves to sleep. It is actually kind of funny to watch or listen to her once she gets in her bed. Daddy Dearest and I will listen to her "sing" herself to sleep quiet often. When she was 6 or 7 months old she just didn't really want to be rocked to sleep any longer. Don't get me wrong, I am so very thankful that that wasn't a battle we had to fight. There are definitely some nights that I am glad I don't have to rock her for 30 minutes. BUT...as her first birthday looms near I have been praying for the opportunity to rock her to sleep just ONE more time. I know it may sound silly but I just absolutely LOVE that precious time. It hasn't happened in so long and I was beginning to forget what it felt like. I thought that I was probably just going to have to wait until the next one came along to feel that again.
Until today...We have been out seeing friends and picking out toilets and faucets and she was one droopy bunny by this afternoon. I always rock her as I am giving her a bottle before her nap. That is just what we do if we are home. But today was different, today her eyelids were just to heavy to stay open after finishing her bottle. It didn't take long at all before she gave in and went to sleep in my arms while I rocked her. Oh...I just loved it. I sat there with her for the longest time just staring at her like I did what seems like just yesterday. I marveled again at just how amazing God is and has been to bless us with an angel here on earth. Of course I couldn't keep my hands off of her face. That angel soft skin and sweet button nose. I know she will change and continue to grow and those features will change. I just don't ever want to forget her little features the way they are right now.
I really do know that she is ONLY turning ONE this month and not 18. But still it is just going by too fast. It may just be one little silly thing to some but that is one thing that I have missed her doing so much. I'm sure it will be a hard feeling when I know that it is the last baby to go through this instead of the first. I don't really know why I have been so sentimental with Bunny about everything. Maybe it is because my Mom told me to soak everything up with the first one because you can't do it as much with two or more. Or, maybe it is just because I have dreamed about being a Mom for so very long and now it seems to be zooming away from me quicker than I care to dwell on. Oh how I wish they could stay little for just a while longer. Then again I guess it will always be hard to see them grow up no matter how long they are little. Big sigh...oh well, I guess I will just have to depend on my mental snapshots to remember the feeling when she is older. And today was certainly picturesque. I thank God so very much for those sweet tiny moments that mean so much!

On a totally unrelated note...I WILL be making more posts to catch up when I can get to all of our pictures! Happy February all!