She makes me smile...

I can't believe it's 2012 already! I know... I know... I didn't just realize this... but when I look at my daughter? At how much she's grown.... it makes me say "Woah! Where did time go!?" She's 4 now. She's a BIG GIRL! She'll always be my baby of course but I really just can't believe 4 years have flown by! She will start Preschool this year and that makes me happy & sad all at the same time. Happy because that's what she wants! She wants to go to school with her "friends" and have her own teacher. She's so excited to learn! And I'm scared as heck to even think about it! Because there's mean kids and mean teachers and then it just reminds me of the harsh reality that she will have to learn that there are mean people and bad things happening in the world. I want to keep her in a bubble for EVER! Don't we all want to do that with our own kids..? *le sigh*

Anyway... since this is my last year having her home with me all day, I'm definitely taking advantage! Enjoying her every minute of it!!! And trying to capture her with my camera as well... I've been slacking in that department because she went through a phase where she was ANTI-CAMERA. Now she's getting more cooperative. So I'm back at it again. This is her chilling at home with me, watching "Kipper" (one of her favorite shows) on the television. Sometimes we stay in our PJ's all day. Why not? We're not going to be able to do it forever... Here's another shot of her having lunch and one of her favorite fruits: Grapefruit *with SALT!* LOL!

She just found a love for Grapefruit and being there to witness that was awesome! To see the look of delight on her face when she first had it... was so awesome! Being a Mom is so rewarding! LOVE IT!!!
Here are more pics taken with her with my iTouch/iPad these past 2 weeks.

This is why I LOVE photography! I get to capture special moments... frozen (in a way) in time forever. FOR ME. For US. FOR HER to look back at when she gets older. To see how much she is truly loved.... how special she is. It's all about that... seriously. *sigh* =)