What a difference 10 years makes!

At this exact moment 10 years ago I was laying in a hospital bed marveling at the fact that something so tiny and perfect could come from me. I was in total awe of the fact that I could have a part in making such a beautiful little person. I was holding this amazing baby girl and I finally knew what it ment to be totally and completely in love with another person. I was still tring to wrap my brain around the fact that this precious little thing would be dependant on me, to some degree, for the rest of my life. It's amazing how instantly becomming a mother can change a person. Nothing in the world mattered beyond that baby girl sleeping my arms. This morning I woke up to a 10 year old! I don't know where the time went. She is growing up so fast. And still I feel all those things for her that I felt the day she was born. The tenth birthday is bittersweet for me. Actually every birthday is bittersweet to me because it just reminds me how fast my babies are growing up. Now Cheyenne is big enough that she doesn't set in my lab very often anymore. She is not totally dependant on me anymore. She has the attitude of a 13 year old much of the time. She already thinks she knows everything and that her parents are idiots. That is until she need help with her homework. She has to be told a million times to clean her room before she actually does it. She stomps and cries and talks back. I think her favorite phrase is "That's not fair!" And still every time I look at that beautiful, perfect girl i know what it is to be totally and completely in love with another person. Happy birthday baby girl! I love you bigger then the sky!