My daughter is so much like me

I remember when I found out I was pregnant for the second time.  At first I was in utter disbelief, since we were planning to space the kids 3 years apart, but then I was excited.  I was sure I wanted another boy.  I had made it through the first year of a boy's life and I liked boys.  I enjoy sports and the outdoors so I could be the mother of two boys.  More importantly I wanted to be the queen of the house with a king and two princes that thought I was wonderful.  And I was scared to death to have a girl!  I remember all too well that as a high schooler, especially, I was not too kind to my mom, and I did not want to have to go through that.  The other prevailing thought is that I have always had this bunch of curly hair that I just applied a bunch of product to and moved on and having a little girl whose hair I would have to fix really intimidated me.  
But God knew better and He gave me Emilee.  That kid can be so much like me it is scary.  I know my mom smiles and then just laughs at how hard I have to work to keep up with this girl.  It is sweet vindication for her, I am sure.  It humbles me really to think God thought I was worthy to have such a special little girl.  If you don't know her well, she is one of a kind.  First of all she is really funny.  I enjoy laughing with that girl all day long.  She is also so full of energy, wow!  And more like her Dad, she will try anything and likely love it.  She is also Cody's best friend.  It makes me smile to see how he benefits from having a sister like Emilee.  She shows him it is ok if things are a little out of order.  She gets him to try new things and keeps him busy all day long.  I know it will not last forever, or maybe it will, but I am thankful now for how well these two get along.
So there is a Sara Groves song that goes so well with this post...maybe I will figure out how to post it on here, we will see.