Katie's adoring fans sending her mail?

Being a parent is full of so many funny "firsts," but I have found they are usually the things you don't think of...meaning not the major firsts--such as the ones we will dutifully record in her baby book (which we just ordered, better late than never...). You know, first tooth, first drawing, first words, etc.

Anyway, it is the "lesser firsts" that give me pause as a dad--like this one: The first time I went to the mail box and found a letter addressed to Katie Richter. No care of Tom Richter, no Jackie Richter and BABY, just a letter to Katie. This is her first piece of mail? Probably not. But it was the first time it dawned on me that there is a third person in my house who could receive missives. Yikes.

From 2009-02-28 letter to Katie