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Three days ago I became an aunt! My sister gave a birth and has a beautiful babygirl, who is biracial (half black and half white). She was born three weeks early and her name is Sofie, even though her name will be April :) Confusing ..I know ..but name April isn't officially allowed here to use, so my sister is now waiting for the approval letter written by one special lady and on the basis of it, officers can rename her. I wish I could see her as soon as possible, however right now I am "enjoying" flu, so I have to wait little bit. At such moments I am happy for the inventions like the smartphones with the camera, otherwise I wouldn't have a chance to see her at all!

Of course, this happy family event sort of forced me to stop and think. I mean to see a newbie recalled and activated my own memories. I was thinking, how I felt when my both kids were born and no wonder nostalgia flooded my heart. It is hard to express this awesome, unforgottable feeling of seeing and holding own baby for the first time. To me it was something like a mixture of love, happiness and responsibility. As for love, it is so special, unique bond, mom immediately falls in love with her baby and at this moment nothing else around her is as important as her new love. Despite all I asked myself: "Where are my newbies??" They are gone, my toddlers are also gone. Time is flying so fast, next year my son will start attending school and I still see him sometimes as that one little innocent baby, especially when I watch him sleeping.

As for me I think we should time to time stop for a while, enjoy own memories, check the pictures and recall all those moments, no matter, if it is about babies, parents, friends or those, who already aren't here among us because they all have one in common, they are without doubt essential part of our life...