An Incomplete List of Things I'm Looking Forward to Doing with My Daughter

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  • Taking her to “baby and me” yoga as much as I can during my maternity leave

  • Taking her to Tahoe for the first time

  • Her first camping trip

  • Taking her to a baseball game

  • Taking all her “monthly milestone” photos

  • Taking her to Tahoe in the winter for the first time/taking her to the snow for the first time

  • Her first trip to Disneyland

  • Taking her to a Giants game at Oracle Park

  • Showing her the sea lions in San Francisco

  • Getting her first library card

  • Building forts in the living room

  • Helping her decorate her “big girl room” in the house we’ll hopefully buy in the next 4-5 years

  • Seeing what sport or athletic activity she decides to pursue, if any

  • Learning how to French braid her hair (and possibly giving up and making my husband do it instead)

  • Seeing if she’s more musically inclined than me, and if so, what instrument she picks up

  • Baking cookies and other goodies with her

  • Watching her in a school play, recital, or performance of some kind

  • Showing her how to make s’mores

  • Reading the Harry Potter series together

  • Helping her memorize The Sandlot as well I have

  • Her fifth trip to Disneyland

  • Teaching her how to cook our favorite meals

  • Taking her to her first teen music concert (remember how the audiences at BSB and NSYNC concerts were roughly one-third moms back in the day?)

  • Embarrassing her with my car karaoke and dancing

  • Taking her to Paris for a TBD birthday trip at some point

  • Her twentieth camping trip

  • Teaching her how to tie a cherry stem in a knot with her tongue (it’s a skill my mom taught me so I have to uphold tradition)

  • Finding new family pets

  • Telling her to wait for Dad if she needs help with physics homework

  • Helping her put together a resume

  • Finding at least 18 ways to make her not hate having a birthday right before Christmas

  • Hiding my tears as she leaves for kindergarten/summer camp/high school/prom/college

  • Her fifteenth trip to Disneyland

  • Helping her move into her first apartment

  • Helping her move out of her first apartment

  • Getting her to show me around whatever city she ends up living in

  • To be continued…

Baby Girl finally made her debut just before Christmas, and I’m living the #maternityleavelife right now.

This list was inspired by THE CHECKLIST BOOK by Alexandra Franzen. Get the book at your local bookstore, local public library, or order it online: http://bit.ly/the-checklist-book