Happy First Birthday Isabelle!

I can’t believe that October 20, 2010 is here.  October 20, 2009 was a day that tested my patience.  I went to work knowing Isabelle was going to arrive in a matter of hours.  And I waited.  Checked my phone for the 30th time in as many minutes and waited some more. Then, finally, it came.  The picture I was waiting for.  A perfect, healthy, beautiful baby girl staring back at me from the screen of my Blackberry.  I teared up a little as I walked into my boss’s office proclaiming, “Just look at her!  Isn’t she just perfect!”  And perfect she was.

The first time I held her, she fell asleep in my arms.  I looked down at her and stared for as long as I could so I could always remember that moment.  Freeze time.  So she would stay that little baby forever in my mind.

And yet here we are, October 20th, 2010.  She walks and talks and is growing like a weed. Her hair grows longer and curlier each time I see her.  She’d rather be romping around the house then be held as she falls asleep.  Yet last month when I visited, I was able to freeze another moment in time.  I was down on the floor with Isabelle as she crawled about playing with her toys.  Snapping away behind my camera, I took it away from my face for a moment as she got closer.  She swung her chubby arms up towards my face and settled them around my neck.  Our first hug.

While I can’t wait to watch her grow and teach her to be a soccer and basketball superstar like her mommy and god-mommy, I always want to remember her being this little.  So I keep taking pictures of her every chance I get and even without the camera, I’ll keep freezing these moments in time.  So she’ll be little forever.

Here we are in early January, when my hand could cover her whole body!

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