Cecilia

This past weekend we finally got to visit our niece. And I fell in love.

We took care of her for two days while we were there, taking walks, babbling nonsense, and singing silly songs in between a schedule full of naps and feedings. Who knew you could get nothing done but do so much in day?

It’s hard with an infant to make time to remember the small things. Everything changes so fast, you marvel at the new skills they acquire every day and the ways you fall more in love with them each passing second, but it all passes in a blur of trying to regain balance (or sleep) and make sense of a new reality. It’s a beautiful time, but one that passes so very quickly.

I’m learning that the value of the past is in the future, and we don’t fully appreciate the past until it is gone. It’s the little things that seem insignificant and mundane that are the building blocks of our life, the way it is now. And those little things are the ones that will make us feel the most when we look back at how things once were and bring the most joy in someday remembering.

Like how it felt when she fell asleep in your arms, or the struggle of convincing her to take a whole bottle. Earning one of her first smiles and the peacefulness of holding her to your chest.

Those are the sweet moments to savor and remember.