Dear Grace,
As I watched you run and play today I can believe you are already two years old.
You are the happiest, most precocious little girl I have ever known. But you have to understand how ridiculously biased I am.
I don't have a lot to say to you but I want you to know how much I love you and how precious you are to me. You are daddy's little princess. I'm under no disillusion that you are perfect. Trust me, you get into more mischief than I know what to do with. You somehow manage to know exactly what I don't want you to touch in a room and you make a beeline straight to it.
Lest I forget your high pitched scream that could wake the dead when you don't get something that you want. You've gotten more than one spanking over that (even in California!). But every time I look at you or you crawl up in my arms and put your head on my shoulder I just melt. Lately you have started to just walk up to mom and me and spontaneously give us hugs. Just your loving heart tells me that we're doing something right.
If I could communicate one thing to you today that you will know and remember for the rest of your life is that I love you. I never want you to forget that or question that fact. Your daddy loves you with his whole heart and I can't imagine my life without you.
Happy Birthday Grace Rose!
Love,
Daddy
