Terrible? Not So Much

Well folks, as you can see by the counter to the right, I now have a two year old. Funny I don't feel any different. I wonder if she does? She has certainly come a long way. So here are a few things I remember from the last two years:

* I remember wondering how such a small thing was going to turn into a little human. It is amazing how much she has changed!

* I remember love at first sight. Something that hasn't changed or faded and never will.

* I remember being amazed at her first laugh and cries that could have been made by the angels (ok...that may have changed a little at this point).

* I remember the sheer and utter terror at her first word: shoes. This is the root of words like prom dress, college, and wedding.

* I remember her first birthday and her starting to walk more and more every day.

* I remember the first time she called me daddy and actually knew what she was saying and the first time she said I love you.

* I remember the burrito and the stick dance.

* I remember wondering if she would ever get any hair and being amazed when her little teeth started to come in.

* I remember the first time she climbed the stairs.

* I remember that she was never afraid of Blitz (what am I saying? she isn't afraid of anything!) and that they are always looking out for each other.

She is growing to be a strong willed, intelligent little girl who is adding new things to her vocabulary, her understanding, and her overall life experience every day. I just hope that I am everything she always wanted in a father and that I teach her to be kind and compassionate, free thinking and intelligent, beautiful on the inside and out, strong and open, willful and patient, amazing and amazed, curious and cautious, and a dreamer who lives her life to the fullest potential of those dreams.

So here's to you my beautiful and amazing little two year old. My lover of the Robert des Eponge Jaune. My Wiggles dancer. My cheese pizza, cheese hot dog, string cheese, and poptart eater. The apple of her daddy's eye and love of his life.

Madelyn Delaney McCoy - Two years old February 28, 2008.