From the second you become pregnant and decide to tell the world, people tell you that it will go fast. They tell you to soak up every second because before you know it they'll be going away to college. People tell you this and if you're anything like me you rolled your eyes because it was the 100th time that day someone said it.
There were many times when the girls were babies and I would think that the sleepless nights would never end. Or think, "when will she get get of this crazy 2 stage?" Milestones pass and the sleepless nights become a little less sleepless.
It felt weird when Ashlee started pre school and then kindergarten and then snap she's a fifth grader. On Tuesday she has an orthodontist appt. My baby, my first born is going to get braces. And you would think that this would be the last thing that I would be "losing it" over. But here I am, crying like a baby because my baby is growing up. Once those braces come on she's going to lose her crooked innocent smile. A smile that I adore. A smile that the dentist says needs to fixed, but that this mama loves because it's her daughters. A smile that will be missed.
I know that her smile will be just as beautiful with the braces and again once they come off.
But here it is, that slap in the face that it does go by so fast. I mean, I feel like it was yesterday that she lost her first tooth. And now I have a not so little babe that is growing onto this amazing little lady. So next time the sweet old lady at Target tells me how fast it goes, I'm going to smile with a tear in my eye and completely agree.
*That smile, those teeth, this girl. So happy I snapped this pic of her on the 4th.*
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