☆成長…☆ / ☆Growing Up...☆

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I didn't get finished with work until really late last night, so I didn't have time to go over and see Noa again...







and so, first thing this morning, I went to see her〃







Rocked back and forth in the train for the over 3½ hour round-trip...







and then...







I'm hoooooome!〃

















And when I saw her from behind like this, there was something I started to really want to do〃







Which was...............







TA-DA!〃


















put her hair up in pigtails~






When she was born she had so little hair that I was a bit worried...







I wondered what we'd be able to do with it...








But now she looks just like the little girl she is, and I can even put her hair up and everything...............







She's growing up so much without even realizing, y'know?
[note: alternately, the person who "isn't realizing" could be Tsuji herself (i.e., saying that she's not aware of all the ways in which Noa is growing all the time, until moments like this when she suddenly sees it)]







It's such a wonderful thing, but it does also make me feel a little sad








But I think it's really important to treasure each moment, to touch her and hold her close, and to capture in photos Noa as she is now〃








Although these days she's also been causing a lot of mischief...