My Dearest Daughter…..10 Things I Love About You

This post was originally published in May 2011. With Harlan’s 3rd birthday coming up this Sunday, I felt it was appropriate to post it again because I still feel the exact same way about her more than a year later.

Harlan, here are 10 things I love about you:

1. You call my name as soon as you wake up in the morning. Although it’s an early wakeup call, nothing makes me happier than knowing that I am the first person you think about when you wake up in the morning.

2. You are the best cuddler in the world. You will even manage to move my arms just so that you can lay on my chest and cuddle with me. It is the sweetest thing in the world and brings me butterflies every time you do it.

3. You love singing and will sing me a song whenever I need to be cheered up. Even though you don’t know all of the words to your favorite songs, I can just ask you to sing me a song and you will. The best is when you will sing me a song and dance for me at the same time!

4. You are the most easy going person I know. You have your toddler moments, but since the day you were born you have been able to adapt to any situation we have put you in. Can you please teach me how to be that way?

5. You give the best kisses in the world. You even make the little smacking noise when you kiss me. What’s even better is that I don’t have to ask you for the kisses all the time, you give them to me unsolicited.

6. You are the ultimate girly girl. You love to dress up and try on my shoes and even try to put makeup on when I am doing mine. You love playing with your dolls and playing pretend. I can’t wait until you are old enough for us to have tea parties together.

7. You are the ultimate mini-me. I am honored that you love to do everything that I do. Just don’t pick up my bad habits! 

8. You are one of the funniest little girls I know. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t have a story to tell about something you did or said that made me laugh.

9. You are so easy to love. You have such a bubbly personality and are so full of life. The energy you carry when you are in a room is radiant.

10. You have made me a better person. I never thought my life would change as much as it has when I first saw you. Even though I brought you into this world and gave you life, without expecting it, you have given me life too. I love you more than anything in this world.