Kj loves looking at herself in the mirror (which I'm sure is the same with all small children). Every time you pass a mirror you can find her trying to catch a glimpse at herself. And if you set her in front of mirror she will giggle and laugh and stare at herself for long periods of time.
I bought myself a new mirror the other day with the intention of turning it into a large chalkboard (maybe if I'm ambitious I will post a picture of it when I'm done). As I set Kennedy down on the ground in our entry room for a minute before putting her in her car seat, she immediately crawled as fast as she could to the mirror and stood up to look at herself. The smiling, laughing, and babbling came immediately (I even caught her giving herself kisses in the mirror, cute right!). When I saw this I began to wonder, when did I grow out of this? When did I become a person that will avoid looking at mirrors as a I walk past them or when I do look in them I have to pick out something wrong with the person looking back? When did I decide it wasn't fun to make faces and laugh at the crazy silly person looking back? It almost brought tears to my eyes thinking that some day that could be KJ. Some day that beautiful fun girl staring back at her in the mirror isn't good enough or she doesn't want to look at her. I hope this never happens and I hope that as she grows up looking at herself in the mirror that she can always know that she is good enough. That although she can always find imperfections in herself that it doesn't matter because she is a daughter of God and she will always be perfect in his eyes. I hope that she can realize that if she is happy on the inside it will reflect on the outside and that is beauty that matters!
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