Remember my lovely teenage niece, Kourtney? Yeah, she grew up. And she got married, and she had a baby, who turned out to be the most amazing, gorgeous little gal I know. Let’s refer to her as BG.

Here they are, in all their cute glory:

Here’s BG, with her insane pigtails:

Here she is in her insanely cute dress:

Here they are, falling asleep in the back of the boat this past weekend:

How does time fly by so quickly? How does your baby niece grow up and have a baby before you know it? How does your baby grand-niece get old enough to call you “Tía,” just like her mama did, so that when you hear it your heart explodes?

Lurve.