Look at you little child, look at you sitting there
Fidgeting in your seat, playing with your hair

I watch you as you explore, filling my heart with pride,
For you cant imagine how I love you, a feeling I cant describe

Your little fingers grasping on to anything they can
Opening up new wonders, a new world begins

Your first words seem like they took forever to arrive,
Now that they are here your voice has somehow come alive

With overwhelming joy you came into our lives
Forcing a change with continuous surprise

You glow with a n innocence I wish that would not fade
But you have to walk the paths of past mistakes we have all made

Everyday you seem to get smarter and everyday more sure
Soon you'll be my opinionated teenager walking out the door

I stand before you today with a promise I will not break
I will love you and support you with any decision you should make

But do me a favor as long as possibly can be
Try to stay young like you are for daddy and me