A letter to you

My Dearest Bug,
   I am working on the checklist of what needs to be finished up for your first birthday party and cannot help but tear up. Where has this year gone? Why are you growing so fast? You too will be told this - and won't believe them either like I did - but it truly goes by with a blink of an eye.

You have grown so much and I love watching you study everything we pass, knowing you are trying to understand it all. You study everything and that is one thing I hope never changes with you. I hope you never lose that intrigue of how things work. You have taught me to do the same....you have taught me slow down, well when I'm not chasing you into the other rooms, you have taught me to slow down and understand things better. It's okay to stop and actually smell the roses....what you need to do will still be there.

You have taught me to be silly again - to make funny noises and faces at each other, no matter who is looking or where you are. You have taught me it's okay to be messy - it's nothing that soap and water won't take away. You have taught me to breathe - learn true patience, which I truly lacked before you were born. You have taught me to laugh for no reason at all. I could keep going.....

The most important thing you've taught me this year Bug.......unconditional love does exist.

I cannot wait to see what the next year has in store for us!