11 Months Old 3 Months Home!!

I missed posting yesterday (as I was in bed right after Madalynn), but I couldn't let the day go by and not acknowledge that my baby girl is now 11 months old. I'm so excited for what she is on the threshold of becoming, and feeling so sad of what she is leaving behind. I know after the 1st year they turn from baby to toddler, and I already see glimpses of that toddler girl that is just around the corner, and yet I'm not ready to let go of the baby.

BTW- Any advice on this hair would be welcomed!!! It is a head full of cowlicks!!!

I also cannot believe that we have been Mom & daughter for 3 months now!! How have 3 months gone by. Three months ago it was still winter, and we got some more snow after she came home. All the trees were bare, and everything was gray & brown. Now, here we are 3 months later, and everything has become green, and flowers are blooming. I no longer have to put tights on her, and a sweater when we go out. She can wear all the cute summer clothes I've been waiting to put her in. In my mind I fast forward to 3 months, and realize in this same span of time it will be September (my favorite time of year will have arrived... the Pats will be playing again), and I'll be dressing her in cozy sweaters, corduroys, and fleece hats. Another season I can't wait for.

I've mentioned before that I love living in New England because I love the change of seasons. I look out at the woods in back of my house, and can gauge how things change, and time progresses. I think that life is like that. In times when we feel discouraged, and as if we can't go on in our present circumstances we need to remember this too is just a season, and it won't always be like this. This life we live is dynamic, and changing. Sometimes changing to the new season takes longer than we would like, sometimes it happens faster than we're ready for, but one thing is certain a new season will come.

My belief is that God is in control of our seasons, and their length

is pre-determined by Him, for the purposes He wants to achieve in our life. I don't always understand His reason for keeping me in a difficult season, but I know that I can trust Him, and His ways aren't my ways.