My Firstborn Is All Grown Up

On November 23, 1991 @ 4:44 AM I gave birth to a 5 lb 8 oz baby girl. I instantly fell in love. She had a full head of hair and blue eyes (until the age of 5 when they turned green like mine). I was only 18 years old that day but I grew up fast, with the responsibility of a new life I found purpose for mine. She's been joy and she's been heartache but she's always been my child and I would not trade a lifetime with her for all the money in the world.

This past Saturday we drove to Danville, VA to pick up her Senior pictures. It takes an hour to get there, we had lunch @ Subway (her choice), shopped @ Target, then an hour back home. I cherish the times I'm with her and we had really good conversation. I don't think we ever stopped talking the whole time. I was sad when we got back to the house because I knew her agenda would change fast.....she would be thinking about what her plans were for the night. Instead she stayed with me until around 8:30 so....I colored Paige's hair (with the help of Olivia)

I wanted to share a few of her pictures because I think they are beautiful.

This is my favorite Sr. picture.

This is the one she picked to go in the yearbook. They don't use traditional pictures anymore

I had this same pose for one of my Sr. pictures so I had to get this one. She looks exactly like me in this picture.

The traditional picture.

3 weeks ago, the day we went to pick out her pictures, they had it on a CD and showed them as a slideshow with music. They had taken 95 pictures and somehow I narrowed it down to 7 (You have to be kidding me).

I started crying on picture 5 because my firstborn is all grown up.

God has blessed me so much with that 5 lb. 8 oz. gift....I love you Paige.