Today as I watched Ailsa learn to stand from sitting all on her own and then confidently walk across the room for the first time, I realised how lucky I was to witness this huge milestone for her. It has taken 5 months of her walking around furniture and holding our hands to get to this point and I just
love watching her grow in confidence and see her developing new skills. I get to spend everyday with my daughter and watch her grow.
I get see all these little moments, using a spoon for the first time, watching her figure out how to put a puzzle block into a space, see her put pieces of her mega blocks together, clap her hand for the first time and finally figure out she could walk without support. It has truly made me realise I need to treasure these moments as they are such big accomplishments for Ailsa. She is growing and learning everyday. She learns new words, learns how to do something new and shows me all these new skills every day and these are the only times I will get to see her do these things for the first time as she is growing and learning I fear there will be fewer firsts and I don't want to miss out on any of them.
I love to watch the pride in her face when we praise and encourage her for walking on her own or doing anything new that she has learned. I love seeing the small changes that no one else will notice and I love that I have been able to watch her grow from a baby into a toddler full of energy and determination. The past 14 months have been the most amazing time. I have learned so much about myself and being a mum but honestly the best thing is getting to be a part of these moments, helping Ailsa to learn and with James being the ones to encourage her on her way.
We are trying to raise Ailsa to be independent and strong and trying to encourage her to do things when she is ready rather than push her when she is not. I think that is why we love seeing these moments so much as we know that it has been Ailsa who is learning and copying in her own time and the look on her face when she works it out is just priceless. Today just reminded me of how lucky we are to have such a wonderful little girl and just how much love I have for her. I plan to cherish all these moments, every day is special and I am going to keep reminding myself of that.
Labels: Ailsa, daughter, mother, small moments
