Little reasons I love my life as a mom

There are so many little moments in my day that I wish I could press pause - or maybe just rewind and repeat - over and over. Pretty much the funniest person in my world is my (almost) 16 month old daughter. And she knows she's funny too! There are so many little things I wish could put on here - but they just can't be captured in a pictures. It's the little things like when I turn up a song on Q100 on the radio, only to turn around in my car and see Ali with her arms in the air, moving up and down dancing. She's a regular dance machine - whenever she hears music! And, that huge smile she gets on her face when she catches me watching her just melts my heart. It's also the sound of her voice when I see her pick up a phone - any phone - and start saying "heh - Whoa". There was one day I went to the doctor and had to wait forever and was in the worst mood until I saw I had a voicemail and checked it only to hear Ali's voice on the other end just saying "heh-whoa? heh-whoa?" about 20 times. I am not sure I will ever delete that message!

There are so many things I treasure about being Ali's mom. From the kisses she blows us to her real kisses or the moments we roll on the floor as I tickle her and she laughs so hard I never want to stop to the times she just wants me to hold her and sit together and read. Too many to mention for fear of boring anyone who may read this (if anyone even does???). It's hard not to start off each day in a great mood - every morning, I am greeted by a little girl who makes me feel so special when she gets so excited to see me at 7:30 in the morning. Who else would start jumping up and down and get an ear to ear grin at the frightening sight of me that early in the morning? :) There is nothing better in the world (in my opinion) that this - and I feel so blessed that we have so much to look forward to in this coming year (and year after that and after that, etc etc). The Lord has blessed our little family immensely!