Amazing first child

Just want you all to know how great my first baby is...
She is 8 (although she would say 8 3/4, since her birthday is in May)

She looks just like her daddy, her warm colored skin and deep brown eyes still captivate me! (just because I carried her in my belly doesn't mean she has to look anything like me)

She has a streak of independence that I admire, yet when she crawls up into my lap and I stroke her hair, she is my baby.

She is a tough soccer player who has a tough coach (her dad) and she holds up well.

She LOVES to learn and read and study and is very concerned with global issues. At night she asks me if anything bad happened in the world today and then we pray about it (love that).

She is an outgoing, go getter. And just when I thought we had "ruined" her by moving a lot, she amazes me by finding friends and making her life work.

She loves her family and is strictly devoted to us.

She is well-rounded and well adjusted and contributes a lot to this family.

I was thinking about this because yesterday I had a parent teacher conference, and she got all A's (even a 100 in language arts) and her teacher could not stop talking about how great she is. So I had to add my 2 cents as well.