100 day countdown

In celebration of the fun day yesterday I wrote up 

100 things I'm looking forward to as a Mom

(Some of these won't happen for several years and I know they will be hard for me to deal with. However, I know they are healthy, grownup realities and I'd rather see you move on then stay home forever - it will be healthier for all of us!)

1. Seeing you for the first time
2. Watching your daddy hold you for the first time
3. Becoming a family
4. Hearing your cry for the first time
5. Holding your tiny hands
6. Kissing your chubby cheeks
7. Seeing you smile
8. Cuddling on the couch
9. Hearing you “tell stories”
10. Watching you kick your legs
11. Seeing you and your daddy take naps on the couch
12. Taking pictures of your beautiful face
13. Watching you discover your fingers and toes
14. Seeing how you and Reece will get along
15. Getting you out of your crib
16. Listening to you giggle
17. Smelling your hair
18. Showing you off to family and friends
19. Teaching you right from wrong
20. Seeing you roll over for the first time
21. Watching you learn to hold your head up
22. Putting your feet in the grass for the first time
23. Kissing your boo boos
24. Comforting you when you’re sad and don’t even know why you’re crying
25. Taking joy in watching your dad fall in love with another woman
26. Teaching you about Jesus
27. Showing you how to be a good wife
28. Allowing you to become the person God designed you to be
29. Your first Christmas
30. Going for walks
31. Letting you try new foods
32. Exposing you to music
33. Teaching you how to cook
34. Letting you have responsibilities around the house
35. Reading books
36. Making crafts together
37. Making your daddy’s favorite meals together - just because
38. Watching you smell flowers
39. Looking at your one tooth grins
40. Teaching you colors and shapes
41. Tea parties
42. Movie nights
43. Making forts
44. Making messes and not cleaning them up right away
45. Teaching you how to do laundry
46. Watching you learn to ride a bike
47. Giving you ice cream for the first time
48. Going on a family vacation
49. Taking you to the zoo
50. Watching you crawl
51. Teaching you the alphabet and numbers
52. Mommy & Daughter dates
53. Daddy & Daughter dates
54. Playing games together
55. Your first day of school
56. Watching you and your daddy dance
57. Sidewalk chalk and bubbles
58. Watching you do homework on the kitchen table
59. Praying as a family
60. Packing your lunch boxes and hiding notes in it
61. Watching you run off the school bus
62. After school snacks
63. Listening to you play by yourself
64. Helping others as a family
65. Seeing what kind of friend you’ll be
66. Picnics on the living room floor
67. Leading you to Christ (hopefully!) 
68. Lunches in the backyard
69. Popsicle stained grins
70. Baking Christmas cookies
71. Teaching you the real meaning of Christmas
72. Summer cookouts
73. Watching your eyes light up when you see the Christmas tree for the first time
74. Looking at Christmas lights
75. Playing in the snow
76. Family traditions
77. Teaching you how to be grateful 
78. Apple picking
79. Seeing the world through your eyes
80. Showing you how to be nice to animals
81. Baking apple pies 
82. Seeing you as a big sister
83. Shopping dates
84. Teaching you to eat different foods
85. Watching your sporting events
86. Teaching you to win and lose gracefully
87. Learning to let you go 
88. Spa days
89. Teaching you how to drive a car
90. Seeing you off to your first job
91. Seeing you graduate high school
92. Seeing you graduate college
93. Watching you fall in love to a man other than your father
94. Seeing what career path you’ll take
95. Watching your daddy walk you down the aisle
96. Helping you move into your first home
97. Talking to you about the struggles and joys of married life
98. Making new traditions
99. Seeing you start your own family
100. Our relationship growing into a friendship