I wish I had this blog back when she was younger.
That I had a nice camera with video to capture all the moments of her growing and getting into trouble.
A computer that the images could have been stored on instead of prints sitting in a box.
So that when she grows up and looks through my archives, she knows I loved her.
That her sister wasn’t the main focus of my time.
I hope she will know that I did take pictures of her, they just don’t have the same quality and are not as easy to post.
That I did talk about her all. the. time. It just wasn’t on the Internet.
And that for 5 1/2 years she was my only focus.
I hope she knows how much I loved her and that I was always proud of her.
Post title credit goes to Garth Brooks and his song, If Tomorrow Never Comes.
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Oh, she’ll know. She sees it in your eyes and your arms every single day.
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I hope so.
Twitter: galitbreen
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What a lovely ode to your sweet girl!
(And yes, I so feel the same way about my older kids!)
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Hopefully they know, even if they can’t go back and read our words.
Twitter: AlisonSWLee
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She’ll know. Yes, she will.
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Thanks Alison. I hope so.
Twitter: KimberlyAMuro
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She will know. Through this and through you.
(She looks so little in some of these pictures!)
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I love looking back at her old pictures to see what a little girl she used to be.
Twitter: babspinfrance
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She will definitely know!
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Thanks Barbara!
Twitter: UniquelyEN
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Ok so I’m a little emotional today and this post didn’t help thanks a lot!
Seriously she’s a beautiful little girl. She will know how much her momma loves/loved her.
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Sorry to add to the emotional day but sometimes, you just gotta get it out.
In my heart after reading this…I know that she knows. Look at her gorgeous smile and that twinkle in her eye.
You’re a wonderful mom.
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Thank you Kimberly. You are a wonderful friend.
Twitter: thekircorner
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First I love love that song…and the sentiment of it ..that we need to say what we need to in this moment because they might not be another. She is sooooo beautiful, such a bright light of a girl. Just love every single pic!!! Xo
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It’s a great song and I thought it was the perfect line to use as a title for this post.
Twitter: AccidentalDesig
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Exactly.
And I used a G.B. song as an element of a post a long time ago.
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He has some good songs.
Twitter: andthenkate
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You have to know that this post hits me right at home right at this instant, right down to the 5-1/2-years part.
I am 120% sure Hayley knows, btw.
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I’m glad I waited 5 1/2 years to have my second child but it does come with struggles as I’m sure you will soon find out. But, it’s also nice to have the big sister as a helper.
Twitter: elainea
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Oh gosh, she knows. I think this about my oldest sometimes too but then I see that he has 5 scrapbooks when his younger siblings are lucky to each have one so…
She’s beautiful and I Love that you shared some of her younger years here with us. It’s always okay to look back, you can do more posts for sure…
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I started a scrapbook for Hayley years ago but I have yet to do one for Layla so I guess they are even.
Oh, so sweet. And see, I worry the opposite. I worry that since I never print pictures my kid will wonder where that shoebox of awesome memories is.
Ok, so this summer, bucket list #27, print out EVERYTHING. Stick in a box for when he’s older.
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I need to start printing out pictures too. If my computer dies, I lose everything and that would be terrible. I love looking through the old pictures in the shoeboxes with the kids sometimes.
Oh my gosh my photos are a mess. I keep meaning to make albums for the younger 2 but haven’t yet, Emry’s the only child with one. My kids are in school for Pete’s sake, what’s my excuse?
I still haven’t made a photo album for my youngest, except for what’s posted on the blog. Maybe one day….
Twitter: latorres
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She’ll know. Boxes of photos are more fun to look through than archives on a blog, in my opinion.
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I would agree with you.
Twitter: Babymanni
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Totally cute love the sentiment
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Thank you David.
Such a lovely young lady!
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Thank you Nicole.
Twitter: theharriedmom
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Your daughter will know – and will always know her mom loves her! Such a beautiful little lady!
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This post made me smile. You know. Even though you didn’t have a blog back then, she’ll still know it because you’re an awesome mom. She’ll remember, if not through pictures posted online, the feeling that she felt when you held her, said “I love you.” She’ll remember.
This is a beautiful tribute.
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I hope she does. I know I don’t remember all of the small moments when I was a child but I do remember that my mom loved me and did what she could for me.
I’m sure she knows. And you do capture her quite a bit on the blog too. It’s obvious how proud and loving of a mother you are.
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I try to tell stories about her too but the little one is just so entertaining, it’s hard to showcase them both equally.
She knows and she always will.
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Thank you Jayme. I hope so.
Oh, Jess, I feel the SAME way!! They’ll know. We’re making up for it now.
xo
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I’m sure once we start this homeschooling journey she will really know.
Twitter: madwomandiary
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I had these fears last night too, as I was so focused on the needs of my neediest child.
Our children know we love them. Its our own brains we have to worry about.
Maybe we can drown our brains with cocktails.
Twitter: KoalaBearWriter
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That’s cute.
All my pictures of both my kids are digital, but my focus since having my second daughter has definitely been more my children than my other pursuits. 
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My focus has been more on my children too but I suppose that is how it should be.
Twitter: elenawollborg
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I love all the old pics of Hayley – what an adorable little girl! I love that both of your kids had a lipgloss obsession very early on. Hayley definitely knows just how much you love her!
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Lipgloss seems to run in my kids’ blood. I hope one day they get over it.
My heart was in my throat just from reading the title (and I love that song, but the sentiment here is even better).
She will know.
For all her tomorrows.
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Thank you Julie. I love the song too and I thought it was a good title for the post.
What a beautiful post. She will know and she is adorable.
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Thank you Corey.
Twitter: beeswithhoney
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I think she knows. Loved seeing old pics of her though. She was as cute back then as she is now. Love her facial features. They’re so beautiful
Sweet post.
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Thanks Bruna. I love looking back at old pictures of her. They are all so cute and reminds me of how small she used to be.
Twitter: Twinisms
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I feel this same way about my big kids!! Although, their teenagers so they don’t mind so much not being the focus of the blog all the time:)
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I’m sure when my kids are teenagers they won’t want me to post anything about them.
She will know.
I sometimes wish I had blogged back when T was born. But moving forward like this, recording our lives, I’m so glad to have it.
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I am glad I have it too. It helps me remember since my memory isn’t so great anymore.
Twitter: amyeatlivelaugh
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She knows. She had you first! : )
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For a long time too!
Twitter: corp2domestic
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Awww this is so sweet…love all the pics of her!
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Thank you Natalie!
This was gorgeous.
What a touching post for her to see.
I’m speechless.
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Thank you Leighann!
That’s so sweet! I’m sure she will know- if she doesn’t already. She’s so lucky to have a mom like you. Those pics of her are simply adorable
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Thank you! It’s nice to go back and look at old pictures of my oldest.
So touching!!!
I hope my children will know too
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I’m sure they will.
Twitter: NorthWestMommy
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Love this! She is my most favorite Ninja ever!!!
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She is an awesome Fancy Pants Vampire Ninja.
Twitter: krrobi
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Absoutely BEAUTIFUL.
I lOOOOoooove this!! <3
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Thank you so much!
Twitter: queenofchaosmom
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I love all the pictures. How can she not know how much you love her? It’s all right there. I wish so much that I was blogging back when my oldest and the twins were born. I wish that all of their pictures weren’t in a box and easy to post, too. So beautifully written.
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At least with the pictures in the boxes they are easy to go back and look at and touch. I have thousands of pictures that are only on my computer that I want to print.
Twitter: FarewellStrangr
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What great photos! I’m sure she’ll have no doubt
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Thank you Robin!
I love this because I feel the exact same way about my oldest, all of her pictures are in photo albums and I have to scan them to even put them on the blog but she was my whole world for 12 years and I hope she always knows that.
Jessica recently posted..Rainbows
It’s not as easy to put pictures on the blog when they have to be scanned. I’m sure she knows how much you love her and will feel special that she had you all to herself for so long.
THIS is gorgeous.
I love it so much and I’ve read it twice.
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And you commented twice! Thank you Leighann.
So lovely. But of course she will know. It’s evident in everything you say about her.
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That’s my hope.
This is exactly how I feel about my firstborn! She was five and a half when my son came along, and he just gets way more attention by default. I feel bad about it every day, but it just spurs me to make sure she knows I love her, and love spending time with her, even more.
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it’s hard to give the first child as much attention once the second one comes but at least they had years with just us unlike their younger sibling(s).
Twitter: ByWordsMusings
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I have owned three video camera’s and not captured anything (shocker!)
I have an armoire filled with albums, cutters, sheets, scrapbooking crap and not a page complete.
I had boxes of printed stuff and we had a flood.
I have had three computers crash and have yet to ‘file’ pics ….
I spend my life running around for my girls – they have to know they are loved
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You do a lot for your girls and I know they know that you love them.
Twitter: laurenweber84
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She will understand (hopefully)! She is such a beautiful little gal – just like her mama
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Thank you Lauren!
Digital changed everything, but she knows. I guarantee it.
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