in the blink of an eye.

"it's a girl?!" blink.
smiling. belly laughing. sitting. blink.
crawling. walking. running. CLIMBING. blink.
babbling. talking. saying i love you. over and over. blink.
starting school, making friends, becoming her own little person. blink.
one birthday, then two. three. four. blink.
wishing every single day to lose a tooth, just so she can whistle. blink.
two loose teeth. wiggle, wiggle, wiggle. blink.
(s)nuggling with her all the nights she was tiny, singing you are my sunshine.
changing the words, just for her. making her laugh one more time that day.
my grandma mell rose sang that song to me when i was little.
it just happened one day that i started to sing it to her.
she doesn't need me to (s)nuggle with her every night. she's five now.
but i smile every time i get the chance to.
i don't want to miss what happens between blinks.
i love her so.

happy 5th birthday, court. our little sunshine.