The first time I saw my daughter I cried like the proverbial baby she was. To see her pop out after 9 months of anticipation was an overwhelming experience.
As I get older, I seem to notice less change in myself (maybe it's because I'm turning into a curmudgeon), but I see my daughter as a new person every day. She grows and develops so fast. Last night she gave me the "thumbs up" sign for the first time and I laughed so hard that she started laughing with/at me too. The first time she used the potty or said a new word and then a new phrase - they're all amazing. It makes me try to slow down and approach the world through this same lens of firsts, seeing and doing things without all of the precepts and baggage of 35 years of jaded assumption. She's opened up a whole world of firsts again to me.
Kids are cool and so are you. Have a beautiful first today.
Jay
