My Girl

Every morning I awake to this beauty next to me. Most mornings, the first thing I hear is her sweet voice saying "I love you, Mama" as she snuggles up next to me, or a very bright and cheery "Good morning, Mama". How am I so blessed to have this lovely girl as my daughter?

She has such an amazing personality and lights up the room with her presence. She makes you smile, laugh, and stare in amazement. She's smart, funny, friendly, and very loud! We're working on turning the volume down. She knows what she wants and doesn't hesitate to let everyone know what it is. She's always very polite and asks with a please, as in, "Excuse me. I want a cheese quesadilla, please".

She spends a lot of time singing, and dancing around. She will break out with spontaneous dancing and singing pretty much anywhere, but her favorite spot is in front of the stove (so she can see herself). And no, she doesn't sing kids songs. Lately she has been singing Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas. She get us all dancing and singing, and acting ridiculous! That's my girl! Always the center of attention, the life of the party. Oh goodness!

My Cakes is such a sweet child, too. She is very friendly, perhaps too friendly at times. She routinely approaches other children and introduces herself and asks their name, and tries to hug them. Most of the time they will just look at her wondering, who in the world is this girl in my face asking me my name? She proceeds to tell them how old she is and when her birthday is. She actually tells everyone her age and birthday. She has never met a stranger, that's for sure. We're working on that too!

My girl is so much fun! She's always smiling and saying such smart and funny things. There's never a dull moment when she's around. Every moment of every day, I am so proud that she is my daughter and I feel so blessed that this remarkable little lady is part of my life.