For Tricia and Nate

I can't wait for you to experience....

1. The look that she gives you just before she says "I love you, Mommy"

2. The smell of her tiny little feet...they are the only feet I smell

3. The first time she starts counting or saying the alphabet without your help

4. Hearing her singing in her room...totally off key...and thinking she is the best singer you have ever heard

5. Her first birthday cake all over the room

6. Smiling just because she came in the room and she looks so sweet

7. The feeling you get when she says "NO" to you

8. How great it is when after being babysat, the babysitter tells you how good she was and all the stuff she did right that she never does for you

9. Eating something out of her hand that has just come out of her mouth...never thought I would but you do it so she doesn't cry

10. Watching her learn things so quickly and thinking you have the smartest kid in the world