My baby little girl is three today!

THREE!

Where did this year go?  Where did the past three years go? And yet, it seems like a lifetime since she slipped out of my womb and into my world.  Well, it is a lifetime - hers!

I am so glad there really isn’t such a thing as a freeze gun.  To think that this time last year, all I wanted to do was freeze her at that two year old state because I didn’t believe it could get any better than that.  And the year before, again I just wanted to freeze her at one year because I honestly didn’t believe it could get any better than that.

One would think I would by now have learned my lesson by now, but no.  I would freeze her at three years old if I could because really, could it possibly get any better than this? I find that hard to believe.

So yeah, it’s a good thing there isn’t a freeze gun.  I think of all the amazing things she has done this past year, and all the joy and wonder she has brought into my life.  The idea that I might have missed out on all that is truly frightening. But… I want her to stay right here. I love this stage! I want to bask in it forever.  Although I trust that there are many more surprises and joys yet to come, I can’t even fathom them at this time.

So today we start another year because (thankfully) freeze guns don’t exist!  And as I sit here wishing I could hold her forever in this state, despite the lesson I have learned that it does indeed keep getting better, I realize that all this means in the end is that I believe she is perfect in every way, everyday.

Happy Birthday to my forever baby!