Nearly every day I am going back and forth between sobbing into a size newborn diaper and swaddling blanket and being completely marveled by my growing tiny human. It's a conundrum I must say.

She explores, she walks, she runs, she waddles, she sways, she to- and fros-. I am amazed by this little person who is developing before my eyes. It's one of those things that stops your heart and widens your eyes.

But every once in a while, she looks around to find me. She gives me a wave and makes sure that I am near. For as much as she is developing her independence, she still needs her mama. It's a good thing that I am planning on bunking with her in her college dorm.