My throwback post

I found this as Cayleigh and I were searching the internet today. She told me if her full name was on the internet, she was famous. :) I stumbled across a mommies board  I was on and had written this right before her first birthday. At the end she handed me a tissue and said "whew, guess it's true I'M FAMOUS!" Clearly my words didn't strike her.


My almost one year old..... 
My baby girl is going to be one in a couple of weeks. Even as I type this it seems unimaginable. In some respects it feels like I had no life before her, in other ways it seems like just yesterday. I go back to a year ago, just getting ready to go on maternity leave, but feeling really good still, just a bit more tired than usual. I remember changing my boy's name this week, since I was more than certain that is what I was going to have. In all truthfulness, I longed for a little girl to dress up and fix her hair, but I was preparing for a lifetime of dirt, bugs and kneescrapes!! I was very excited at the thought of having a boy, though I had no clue what to do with them! After all, I only know girls, given my family history! Anyway, I rested alot and watched alot of tv, found new message boards to be a proud mommy on, and as matt would tell you, did too much cleaning and laundry preparing for "him" to come home. 



Fast forward to August 22nd, 1:02pm

The minute I saw that little life Matt and I created was the most intense, real feeling I have ever had. After realizing I had a baby, a baby girl at that, I knew in that instant my life had real purpose. I looked into her steel blue eyes and knew right then God had put me on this earth to be a mom. The past almost 12 months have been the most amazing times in my life. Watching her grow, have her first solids, sit up, crawl, get teeth, etc.. have put me in awe. Watching how fast she learns things, clapping, dancing, pointing, makes me so proud to be her mom. I hope one day her daughter will bring her as much happiness as she has brought me. 

To my daughter Cayleigh Noelle Armitage, I love you more than life itself and hope and wish for so much for you. You are the most wonderful addition to my life this world is such a beautiful place with you in it.

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Krystal said…
You stole the words right from my heart - I think I could say the exact same thing about Elizabeth as she turns one in just a couple weeks. TEAR!
March 31, 2014 at 8:56 AM
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