I CANNOT BELIEVE how fast TEN YEARS have flown by. THIS WAS TEN YEARS AGO? It seems like yesterday that Dr. Flanagan presented me with THIS tiny little pink bundle…

And I had NO idea what to do with her. Or myself.

Its all so weird and overwhelming, this experience of having a firstborn child<....

But OH how I LOVED this child with a love I had never known before.

So FIERCELY overprotective of her.

Everything she has ever done has always been the cutest…. the smartest…. the funniest.

Everything she’s ever worn has been the most adorable. Because SHE is the most adorable.

I needed her. Somehow, God knew I needed her … way more than she needed me.

The past ten years have been difficult and challenging and fun and joyful and thrilling and amazing.

Being a mom has been the greatest joy of my life.

I’m SO THANKFUL God gave me a GIRL. To do GIRL stuff with.

I don’t know how I survived before I had her. How could I have POSSIBLY had a life before this?!

Its been a fun ten years of ‘firsts’… first steps, first lost teeth, first days of school, …

I’m so UNSPEAKABLY proud of how my girl has turned out, and love the person she’s becoming. I thank God every day for letting me be her mom. I can’t wait to see what the next ten years will hold….