The next phase

So my daughter is moving alog in leaps and bounds! She said her name yesterday, and then she told me "I shut this thing" Meaning the hall door. Where is this all comming from? I know she is growing, but sentences, and doing things with absolute concentration and purpose? WOW. She is getting to be such a big girl. Where is that tiny baby I brought home? I miss that and at the same time I am so excited for her to be a little girl at the same time. Being a parent is an absolute conundrum!