So I am back with another installment of my december festive series ornament collection...I am sorry I have been such a slacker in posting the last few days. In reality, slacking was the farthest thing from my life. Just caught up in the holiday madness of trying to get everything done...

Today's ornament: baby shoe. This ornament, gifted to us the day our son Jamerson was born, is a vintage looking blue ornament marked with a glittery 2007 to denote the year. One of my favorite ornaments because it reminds me of those first days at home with Jamers....snuggling our barely 6 pound miracle by the lights of the Christmas tree. His original due date was Christmas Eve but he arrived a few weeks early after a few minor complications.

I can remember Christmas Eve of 2007 distinctly in my mind. It was late. We had returned home from the obligatory family dinner party. I was holding him, swaying with him, his perfect little face softly aglow from the lights of the tree. Just Jamerson and I dancing to our own little made up song I was humming. I was so happy. So incredibly happy. Suddenly, I flash-forwarded my thoughts and realized that all too soon my little baby would be grown and I would someday be dancing with him at his wedding. The tears streamed down my face as I stood there and held him close....wishing I could stop time and soaking in every moment and etching it into my memory knowing that life would transverse forward at lightning speed....and so we danced.

Every year, as I hang this ornament, I am reminded of that moment in time. And I smile. And the tears still come. This year, Jamerson helped me to hang his ornament.....my oh my how he has grown in three years. I still wish I could go back in time and relive those first moments where I literally couldn't take my lips off that fuzzy perfect little baby head of his....but seeing him now, and listening to him talk, and hearing him say 'I love you mom' when he says good night.....I am thankful for the progression of time and look forward to each new day with him. I am thinking we might have to dance again this Christmas Eve...

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