"Beautiful baby from the outside in...."

I am not sure my words can do justice to the feelings I get when I look at this picture. I must has looked at it 100 times today. And each time has brought a new memory or new emotion. With Micah we have been able to experience a lot of "firsts". First baby, first bumps and bruises, first words, first Christmas, first birthday, first loose tooth, first to go to kindergarten, first baptism, first love, first girl fight, first time big sister, and many more. These experiences pull at your heart strings, they teach you how to love more, teach you more patience, teach you more gratitude, teach you more humility.

Last night we attended Young Women in Excellence, it was a formal affair. Micah was so beautiful. Not just on the outside,but it is so apparent that she is absolutely beautiful on the inside too. Micah has an incredible knowledge of who she is, where she came from, and she knows who she wants to become. Micah is determined, focused, smart, a Daddy's girl, a little dramatic, full of love for her family and friends, and full of laughter. Micah is a huge help at home, she is very responsible, and she is the best big sister anyone could ask for. Micah is looking forward to being the Beehive class president. She loves her Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Her testimony is growing everyday. All of these first experiences have been amazing, rewarding, emotional, and quite frankly exhausting. What ever did I do before I became a mother?

We had a great night. I wouldn't change any of these experiences for all the diet coke in the world. Course I think I drink all the diet coke in the world because of these experiences.

(Daddy's little girl has him wrapped right around her little finger.... can you tell. )