oh, the places you'll go!

My girl and I can often be found reading with each other (or rather me reading to her and she trying to grab the book and put it in her mouth) at night. I love these times because this is one of the ways I spend quality time with her, just me and her and the beautifully crafted words from some very expensive books.

One of my new discoveries that I instantly fell in love with is Dr. Seuss' Oh! the Places You'll Go! We don't own it yet, but we will soon have it in our arsenal of great children literature amongst our Amelia Bedelia, Madeline, Do you know how much I love you and other Dr. Seuss favorites?

In my mind, Dr. Seuss' really outdid himself with this one and inspired me to use it as an inspiration and a starting point for our girl's first birthday party. By the way, I'm starting to plan it already, though it is a little less than 4 months away.

I often think about the child I'm raising, who is so impressionable right now, and the great responsibility of being her parent, her mother, and my role in shaping her to be the person she will be forever.

I don't know what kind of person she will grow up to be. It is my hope that she will be a great one, not necessarily measured in her career choice or her financial success, but in a humanitarian sense. I hope she is compassionate, I hope she is productive, I hope she is wise.

This week marked a significant milestone in her short life. Somewhere in a span of two days where she was even unable to really crawl, she just stood up all by herself.

After about 10 seconds, her feet gave out and she started to tumble down, good thing her dad was there to catch her while I was snapping away.

I was so proud and ecstatic that she made such a significant progress, and when these things happen, I find it a little bittersweet as her mother having witness my little girl grow so fast.

I have such big dreams for her as she grows and there's no stopping her now as she stand, take her first step and go places. In some ways I can only stand by the sideline and watch and cheer our girl on.