Hold On Tight

Tonight we are taking Madeline to have her 9 month pictures taken and I can hardly wrap the notion that she is already 9 months around my head or my heart.  This morning I was looking at Laura's website and I clicked on the month of March and found Maddie's first photos at 7 days old.  It seems so surreal. Can it be that the same tiny sweet baby in those pictures is the same fightsy little nugget that took 8-9 steps this morning - walking from my arms into her Daddy's?  Time is not just passing us by it is flying and it's all I can do to hold onto each moment. At time, I feel like I'm in a race running just trying to keep up with her. Every morning I hug her tight and tell her that I can't wait to see her at the end of the day, but in my heart I really just want time to stop so that I can linger in the moment for say, uhm, forever.