Anna's vocabulary is exploding. She's trying to say everything and getting better at it each day. But, the pinnacle thus far was when Anna repeated the entire alphabet after I had said each letter to her first. The best letters are F (she says it like she's blowing bubbles), B, O and I. Witnessing that light bulb go on in her head for the first time gave me chills. I don't think I've ever been so excited. I know I say that a lot in this blog, but seeing her face light up with such a sense of accomplishment was from something out of this world. It was incredible and I was so proud. It made me realize even more that I'll be and feel this way for every one of my kid's accomplishments...true, unconditional and deep pride, excitement and love.
So, the alphabet was awesome, but there was another first that is certainly not as important, but for some reason struck a cord with me and made me realize how fast she's growing. I put pigtails in Anna's hair for the first time. She is so freakin adorable, and then I put this two balls of curls on each side of her head and I seriously thought I was going to loose it. She looked so cute...but, there was no sign of baby Anna. My beautiful daughter standing before me was a little girl - talking with pigtails in her hair. My first baby is no longer a baby. Where has the time gone?
