Lily Warren Campbell: The First Night...

The first night that I met Lily Warren Campbell was July 7th 2008 and I was so excited to meet the little girl that your daddy had told me all about!!! You were 3 1/2 years old and you burst through the kitchen door at your house and ran in to meet me. I was so surprised, but you were not shy, and you said... "My daddy and I are going to go to Applebees, do you want to go with us?" My heart melted and I knew that you and I were going to get along just fine. I rode in the back seat with you in your carseat and off to Applebees we went for a night full of chicken fingers and ketchup! You talked non-stop and I loved every second of it. Dinner was over and it was time for us to go home. I remember like it was yesterday, you wanted me to sit in the floor and play with you, so I had a great idea. Since there was a large open space, I taught you to play airplane by running and jumping into my arms and then I would lift you up and you would fly like an airplane. The first few times we did it, it worked great! Then something happened, you jumped up and popped me in the nose with your knee and broke my nose. I was crying you were crying and daddy was freaking out!!! I was totally fine and you gave me lots of hugs and kisses after it happened. So that is the story of the night that I met you for the first time.