one love: Never Grow Up

Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on

Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up

Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up ~ by Taylor Swift

Me and my Bella girl, I always loved this sunset in this picture, my baby girl was just 8 months old here.

Bella at 2 years old, chillin' on Gigi's front porch with some sweet brown baby converse on....

And

With her big brothers, watching Polar Express, just 3 weeks old. Max was 2 and Jordan 6(:

Tomorrow is Bella's end of the year concert, she will wear her fancy dress and wedged sandals and next week she will finish Kindergarten. Watching her grow before my eyes is so bittersweet, I am so blessed that she is my baby girl, my one and only daughter, but somedays I just want to hold her tight and never let her go out into this big scary world. I don't want her to rush to grow up. I want her to enjoy every moment of everyday. She loves Taylor Swift and rocks out to all her songs on my iPod. Her favorite songs from Taylor are: Mean, You Belong With Me and Eyes Wide Open. And when I was making Bella a playlist of all Taylor songs, I found this one and it's so beautiful and I dedicate it to my baby girl.

My baby girl, is so grown up at 6 years old.

She is so inquisitive and bright and full of wonder and delight.

She is always ready to help her big brothers

and she loves our dog Mya too pieces, always thrilling her when she decides to dress her up in her love. Look how excited Mya looks about the sun hat and dollar tree store glasses(:

She has a crush on the sweetest boy in her class, named Logan and she is a great little drawer.

She is digging' Justin Bieber these days and her favorite star is Taylor Swift, we hope to see her in concert one day!

She rolls out on 2 wheels these days, up and down our hill of a street with her funky pink helmet on, she's a safety girl!! But she likes the speed and that worries me a little bit. Her favorite tv shows these days are Adventure Time ( the big bro's got her into that one) and Icarly but I still catch her watching Fresh Beat Band and Yo Gabba Gabba and Olivia and I like that. We once met Dj Lance Rock in Boston, back when he was just getting' started with Yo Gabba Gabba, I remember Bella sitting on my lap and he was signing an autograph for her and she looked right at him and said "I love you." Yes, Dj Lance "Break it Dowwwwwn" Rock!!! We're cool. We met him...lol!

Rockin' it out in 08' at a Yo Gabba Gabba/Target Book Club in the Boston Commons, such an awesome day!!!

And now my Bella is ready to sing tomorrow on stage and just about ready to graduate Kindergarten, onto first grade, how does this all happen so darn fast!

I cherish her.

Isabella Laila Toledo<3

Mami loves you forever

"Babygirl, don't you ever grow up"

xoxoxoxoxo