There's a great tear-jerker-mom book called Let Me Hold You L0nger by Karen K1ngsbury. It talks about how parents so easliy recognize the firsts...first step, first tooth, first big kid bike...but sometimes, we fail to notice the "lasts" before they pass us by. And when we do notice them, we long to hold on to our babies for just a little longer. I had one of those moments this summer. I realized as I put Emma to bed, that it was the last time I would be putting her to bed in her crib. We were going to put up her big girl bed. While I was super excited for this change, it also broke my "momma's heart." She's growing way too fast...
Here she is...all smiles in her crib...
My friend's Matt and Syd came over for dinner and Matt was kind enough to be the crib/big girl bed construction guy! If you remember, he put the crib together back in 2008. LIttle did I know when we was putting the crib together that Emma was laying in a crib a world away...so many memories...
I'm SO big, momma!
I love you Matt! Thanks for putting together my big girl bed!
Emma even got to help. There were no hammers involved this time and all fingers remained in tact the whole time!
Syd - just like the night of the crib assembly - snuggled in the cozy chair.
The mattress hadn't been delivered yet, so we joked tried this for fun!
But the next morning...
Papa Tom and Uncle Charlie carried in the mattress.
Papa had the honor of flying her into bed for the first time...
Such a big girl!
Oh baby...let me hold you longer...please don't grow up so fast...
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