Thanks for sharing her with us. Adorable. It is so easy to get distracted.

Your energetic little day-brightener is going to brighten up a lot of other folks’ days. Thanks much. Sometimes it really is the small moments and the ability to stop and savor them.

what a little sweetie Dana!! kudos for slowing down and being present to savour such precious moments. sooooo much more impotent and rewarding than the ‘to-do’ list :)

She is absolutely adorable!

She is just too precious! She’s just in her own little world and who could blame her.

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Very, very sweet. I appreciate her bold sense of fashion!

Curious what google searchs will lead people to this site in the future given the post name, haha ;)

it’s so nice to see that even at this tender young age, mabrey has adhered to coco chanel’s “take one thing off” rule.

Dana, you brought me to tears this morning. Thank you for the reminder to enjoy every moment of my little ones and stop worrying about the unimportant. Mabrey is absolutely precious!

Hugs

Awe! That’s all I want to do everyday… follow around my little one and experience the world through her eyes! Stupid job is holding me back! Gah!

Oh wait… I love my job too. Damn.

You made me tear up. It goes so fast, it is such a gift to be in the moment.

Oh! So sweet! You are so right. Those moments will pass so quickly we have to take the time to just let them be. Even if she spills syrup all over her fancy (for special occasion only) tutu during breakfast.
I have to remember to pick my battles and if that tutu or fancy dress to playing outside is going to make my little girl happy then that’s all that matters. One week my 2 year old only wanted to wear holiday fancy dresses to school. Well at least they got more use. lol.

Haha! Is there a “take everything but one thing off” rule? If so, that’s her favorite.

I am trying to grow my audience – haha!

so happy you have this beautiful bright spot in your life… she is so special and adds so much to your house full of boys… :-)… love her topless in a tutu… adorable!!

This. is. ADORABLE! I am so glad you found a moment of zen today, a time to reflect on the important aspects of life…she is a bright spot!

That was the most simple, yet so beautifully accurate, post. Thanks for the reminder that soaking in our children (often completely unnoticed) is such a gift. We get so busy, sometimes I forget to just “watch & learn”.

I have a 15 month old daughter, she reminds me to treasure the little moments, the way your daughter does. My favorite picture was when I caught her sitting on the floor in front of our floor to ceiling living room window, watching the snow fall for the first time, this fall. I wouldn’t have bothered to enjoy the white fluffy snow, that melted the next day, if it hadn’t been for my little Harper, stopping to enjoy it.

The pictures made me smile – your words gave me goose bumps.
This post is one of the best ever (from anywhere)

This is the cutest thing ever! What a cutie-pie…

I really love the second picture on the stool!

So sweet! I love watching the transition from “baby” to “little person with an agenda” in our own house.

(I’m also jealous that she has so much hair! Makes her seem so much older than Avery!)

You are right to do that. As you know from the boys, they grow so quickly and you can never get these moments back. The dirty dishes, dust bunnies, etc. will always be there – even if you clean them up now, just wait a few hours and they are back – but you can’t get things like this back. Enjoy every second.

I spend the majority of my day trying to keep Mabrey’s hair out of her face. She gets so frustrated when it falls in front of her eyes!

It’s amazing what we see when we choose to stop and look. What a sweet girl.

The barstool picture kills me. What a sweet girl you’ve got. :-)

Erin @ The Great Indoors

Love it!! We should all do more of this (watching our kids that is not going topless)

She is beautiful.