11 years and counting - how my daughter is growing and I simply can’t believe it…

Today my first daughter (out of three!) turned 11 (yes, that’s eleven!) and I simply can’t believe it. The same one that believes I just write random stuff for a living and the same one that completely changed my life and converted me to a dad. Now she’s eleven and she’s grown… and here are a few things where she completely amazes me:

My 11 year young Milena is amazing because…

• She’s eleven and she’s already 150cm tall… and remember that I’m 168cm short… so in a not-so-distance future she’ll be taller than me!
• She has a total command of three languages - both in speaking and reading - Polish, English or Spanish? Whatever you throw at her - she takes it. It’s unbelievable and it’s surreal - skills that took me so many years she’s just got them… and she literally swallows books in all three languages without a problem!
• She’s a small woman now - with her own opinions, faces, ideas… everything - she’s a partner for any conversation right now and it’s astounding.
• She’s a version 2.0 of a human being - what she does with her iPad is beyond me. She’s the most #iPadOnly person I know. She reads, writes, makes presentations, creates animations and slow-mo movies, builds worlds, plays games, sends crazy messages… all with her iPad… I’m starting to take classes from her…
• She has her own style - unlike her mom and her younger sisters, she doesn’t really care what she’s wearing - she’s very individual in that sense…
• She’s very ambitious - she learns quickly, she reads fast, she basically inhales knowledge and there’s no stopping her… and everything comes easy to her…
• She’s impatient (like her mom) and she gets frustrated very quickly… and on top of that she follows rules like no one I know… and she gets truly angry when people don’t. When I’m driving I get hard time from her when I’m trying to put my foot down… she’s very vigilant…
• She hardly sleeps… I mean she does, but it sometimes feels like it she doesn’t need it… she’s my personal zombie… especially on a long drive when her sisters are deep asleep… she has her beautiful dark eyes wide open.
• She’s my first born and she’s my eldest and she’ll always be my special daughter… and I simply can’t believe she’s turning 11 today.

My dear Milena, happy birthday baby, happy 11 and even though you’ll become a teenager and a grown woman soon… you’ll always be my little princess!