I just put my sweet daughter to bed for the night and just breathed in the scent of her freshly washed hair as I laid next to her as she drifted to sleep. I remember the day I found out I was pregnant with her I had taken the test and rocked relentlessly in my chair for the 2 minutes it would take for the test to work. I wanted time to go so fast.  Throughout her time inside me I lovingly patted my belly counting the days until she would join our family. Fast forward to this evening in which I gaze at my sleeping daughter who is  just shy of turning four and wish for time to slow down so that I may enjoy this age and time with her. She adds so much joy to my life and seeing the world through her eyes has exposed me to so much that I was taking for granted.  Who knew that in parenting her that I would take away more lessons from my daughter, the littlest teacher.  Thanks for indulging this sappy mommy moment. I would take a picture of her but I don’t want to wake her so I will share two of my favorite pictures of the little princess sleeping.

(notice her tiny tiara….sleeping princess, indeed)