In honor of Ella's 1st Birthday

Ok, so I know I've been overloading the blog with sentimentality relating to Ella's 1st Birthday, but I just can't help myself.  I'm very sentimental by nature & just love that little girl so much.  The other night after reviewing the images I had taken that day of the girls I came across this pic I quickly snapped of Ella's little 1 year old feet.  Is there anything sweeter than baby feet??  And I got to thinking about her future.  I know it's not that original, I'm sure at some point we've all seen the cute little poems about baby feet & where they will go in their future, but it's a nice sentiment nonetheless.  So here's some of the thoughts I had the other night (while Michael was away) in my quiet house.

To my Ella girl:
I look at this picture and see 2 chubby little feet.  Not quite walking everywhere & the tops of your feet are slightly scrapped as you still insist on crawling.  To me they are perfect!  Where will these little feet take you??  Some day not too far away--to the bus stop for your first day of school & then not that long after that onto a stage as you graduate.  At some point between these 2 milestones, these feet will take you to the beach, to Disney world, and to all the everyday places that we go.  Where will you go to college??  And what will you choose to study??  Will you have a beautiful singing voice & perform in a choir or will you play musical instruments (like Dada & I hope)??  Maybe you will be artistic and have a talent for painting or drawing??  Who will your friends be in school & will you be the life of the party as we suspect :)?  Will you enjoy travel and see the world or will you prefer to stay close to home??  So many questions I could wonder about.  For now these little feet can't carry you that far--only a few steps, but soon enough you'll be running everywhere.  Although, you will grow & some day these feet will take you far away from me, know that they have left a permanent imprint on my heart (a little overly sentimental, but true--right, moms??)  Even now, I pray that God will guide every step in your future & that He will give me the wisdom I need to set you on the right path.  I believe the greatest gift I can give you & your sister is the strength you need to make your own way in this world on your own two feet.  Our world is a fallen world & a place where inner strength is a must, if I can somehow pull this off, then I know wherever life takes these two precious feet that you will be ok.  I love you baby girl! ~Mama