if i could save time in a bottle...

this week, it's really been hitting me how soon i have to go back to work.  and how quickly these precious days with my little sweet pea are going to come to an end.  it's crushing me!  i'm confident that it will all work out okay and that i'll even enjoy being back at work once we get into a comfortable rhythm... but getting there may be a challenge.

i'm happy to feel so torn, though.  during the first month of isla's life, i think i would have given anything to be back at work and feel "normal" again.  but we've both grown so much since then... fallen so much more in love with each other...  we've created a "new normal."  so somehow, my broken heart makes me feel like i'm doing something right.

in lieu of the end of maternity leave approaching so quickly, we've been doing an awful lot of this...

snuggling, snuggling, snuggling...

(the dishes can wait.  she will only fit so perfectly under my chin for a little while...)

doing everything in my power to bring out that gurgling grin...

(singing "i believe in a thing called love," dancing like a goofball around the living room, making motorboat sounds.  only for you, girly!)

staring into those big, curious eyes....

(never stop learning, baby!  i'm so proud of you already!)

so, so thankful for this little girl.  my heart has never felt so big!