It hasn't worn off, the whole having a daughter thing. She's seriously like my little friend. I won't even realize it but she'll be sitting next to me just hugging my arm like a koala on a tree. I'm so used to her touch it's a part of me. My skin is her skin.
We lie in bed face to face nose to nose and her big blue eyes tell stories without need of mouth, and she looks into mine, and understands my soul.
She loves me. She tells me so all the time.
I love her more than even I could know.
[Oilily dress & Kate Quinn coat free with my Zulily credits.]
So lovely. I love how your eyes {heart} see life and its beauty.
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful, as are you!
ReplyDeleteI think God knew you needed a little mini you.
ReplyDeleteAwh..precious!
ReplyDeleteAnd just when I thought I couldn't be more excited to be having a little girl... :)
ReplyDeletelike a koala on a tree. I love it. What a pretty little dolly she is, that Ivy.
ReplyDeleteThese photos? Stun me in how grownup Ivy looks, even though I see all of the photos coming in via my reader! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI feel exactly the same way about my sweet girl. She is my perfect mini-me! Ivy is so precious :)
ReplyDeleteI so, so hear you.
ReplyDeleteI love my boys more than life itself but this having a daughter thing is just so special.
I love my son so much but I can't believe that I have a daughter inside of me, and that she'll be here in just a few days!
ReplyDeleteI pray every day for a relationship like you two have.
She is incredibly beautiful. And her eyes do tell her own sweet little story, don't they?
ReplyDeleteShe looks so much like you! You two seem like soul mates.
Nell
Steph, she is just adorable and you write the feelings of my heart about my Hayden!
ReplyDeleteShe is precious! i still can't believe how big she has gotten! i remember she was brand new when I started reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteI don't think it'll ever wear off...
ReplyDeleteSteph, she is so precious. I feel the same way about having a girl. Such a special relationship.
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed at the wisdom I can see coming out of those beautiful blue eyes.
ReplyDeleteShe has an old soul in a child's body all wrapped up in whimsy and love.
It's perfect.
This is so lovely, are you one soul sharing two bodies?
ReplyDeleteShe is adorable!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, she's just lovely! I'm getting excited for Christmas already :). LOVE your site!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! That Oilily dress should be arriving for us today...and we have that Kate Quinn coat, but in a different color and fabric. Our Ivy's our twins. :)
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she is beautiful!!
ReplyDeletei am on this same page with my little girl it feels so good to feel this way with her when I worried about having a little girl. My only worry is setting boundries as she gets older and will need me as a mother not just a friend.
ReplyDeleteShe is just too cute! She looks just like her mommy, too.
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny. I have three daughters, and I love each and every one of them so very dearly. But my boy...he's by little man. Tells me so all the time.
ReplyDeletePS. She is beautiful.
such a sweet post. I get it now -- finally having my little baby girl.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful dolly she is!
ReplyDeleteI hope someday I get to experience this. And ivy's hair is so long! She looks so grown up, but not TOO much so. She's still too little for that :). Your words are so powerful, Steph.
ReplyDeleteOooh my heart.. and now I'm off to lay nose to nose with my brown eyed girl <3
ReplyDelete((luv the stockings))
ReplyDeleteOh, I think I have a lump in my throat now. Ivy is such a sweet little girl and I can't believe how fast she is growing, wow!
ReplyDeleteYes, a koala, that is exactly how my girls are. They cling, look up at you and the "I Love You Mama" melts my heart every time.
So blessed! (of to cuddle up with mine now ;-)
i feel like this about my girl. i imagine us talking on the phone, hanging out, being buddies forever. ivy is so beautiful, like her mama. and hey, remember when there was an oilily outlet at lighthouse? i used to hit that sucker up all the time. my brothers were babies and the clothes were SO CUTE. i wanted to buy all the the girl stuff for my someday-daughter. so crazy that i am the someday version of me now, and my someday-daughter is alice.
ReplyDeleteYes, I know exactly the feeling.
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