These days, Bubsi is growing like there is no tomorrow. I mean it. Not necessarily in size, mind you, but she is learning so many things at once it is breathtaking. It leaves me wondering where my little girl went. The baby. Last year’s baby.

When Bubsi was small…

…she could not do very much. She ate and slept and pooed. Every day, round the clock. I was pretty much unprepared for motherhood. All the adjustments in my life I had to make due to Bubsi’s arrival hit me hard, and took away my energy for anything but caring for Bubsi. Sometimes I wonder whether this happens to all new mothers. Regardless, most of the pictures I have of Bubsi as a baby are of her sleeping. The naps she took were the only time I could rest, let alone think of taking pictures 🙂 Luckily, Bubsi looks super cute when she sleeps.

Bubsi sleeping at 1.5 months

Later on Bubsi slept less

When Bubsi started sleeping less and being able to hold her head and turn around, life got a little easier. I was growing into motherhood slowly, but still too exhausted to take pictures unless she slept. Or Papa was home. In fact, Papa being home was wonderful. But he was only home half the week, commuting for work the rest of the week. Maybe that explains why I felt so very tired. Maybe I would have been just as tired had he been there constantly. Who knows.

Bubsi enjoying the flight with Papa

As fall approached…

…Bubsi began to crawl. My small girl was growing up, excited about crawling everywhere. I still remember her many tumbles and falls, but now that she walks so safely it would seem like the crawling stage never happened. Picturing her not walking is really difficult already. As they say, when you have kids, time flies. During the baby days, I wanted them to pass. Now that they have passed, I’m a little sad I didn’t enjoy them more. Even though we are currently very stressed, I hope I can enjoy Bubsi’s early toddlerhood more intensely than her early baby days. And tank up on love, before the terrible twos hit 🙂

Bubsi loves exploring tiled floors