three

Today my baby turned 3.

Where did the time go?

I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday.  

I remember all of the pain.  

I remember seeing her face for the first time.  

I remember the first time I heard her cry.  

I remember laying in the hospital bed and watching her sleep. 

I remember bringing her home in a snow storm.

I remember sitting in the chair the first night at home and my heart bursting with love for this little person.

As I sat and rocked her yesterday for her nap, in the exact same chair as that first night we brought her home, I thought of all the changes that had happened in our lives in the last three years.  I thought about all of the changes that will probably happen in the next three years.  

As I sat there and rocked, I thought, one thing remains the same.  

I will love this girl forever.