happy one month birthday to my beautiful lillybug!
amazing how fast time goes, she is growing so fast and i am just so grateful that i get to witness every moment of it. she is truly remarkable, every time i look at her i am so filled with love and purpose. being a mom is and always has been my purpose in life, and i can feel that now. i dreamed about it for years, especially after meeting hank and really being able to see it in my head. oh, and it is so much better than my dreams. i never dreamed up such an amazing husband and father, nor was i able to imagine how unbelievable my daughter and first born would be. i look at her and i see a beautiful marriage of hank and myself, of our amazing families blended together in one single human being- and she is ours, forever :) bliss.
highlights from the first month of lillian's life...
meeting her four legged sisters, and all getting along
taking her first bath, and LOVING it
smiling and cuing when she looks at hank and i, ok, and when she poops :)
first walk as a family
first trip to ugly mugs, where she met a friend!
rolling over, not consistent, but she did it!
hanging out at lululemon- we call it "girl time" :)
spending a night with a babysitter while mom and dad went out- went off without a hitch
moving from the pack and play to her crib (i am trying to be strong...)
and so many more...
lillian's one month birthday comes a little bittersweetly. her middle name, virginia is after my grandmother, who passed away this week. we had plans to visit her in a few weeks, so lillian virginia could meet her great grandmother. although that would have been such an amazing moment, i can't help but think about the uncanny connection of lillian's birth and my grandmother's passing. i too am named after my grandmother, as my real name is margaret, which we share. i have always felt very connected to her, she was an amazing woman, strong and passionate. oh, and stubborn, which we definitely share :)
grammie, you are so loved. you will be missed but i know a piece of you is in me, and now in my daughter and i will forever cherish that. i love you.
xo
a beautiful posting, Molly...just an additional thought: what children love is the love between their parents--the love that brought them into existence and helps them know who they are; when that love is connected to a higher love, the love of God, it lifts up our hearts to the capacity to sacrifice for one another. Clearly, you are feeling and intuiting all these things! You are very special, and Grammie loved you so very much. She loved Lilly, too, and would look at her little pictures and say her name, "Lillian Virginia" with emphasis on the Virginia!
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