You are right in the middle of your teenage years, 4 years from 12 and 4 years from 20. Enjoy being middle-teen-aged.

Our affection for you grows day by day. Enjoy your 18th birthday, sweetheart!

Every day I thank God for you. Now that my little girl is turning 18, it’s hard to know where the years went, but I know that the best is yet to come.

Happy birthday, dearest daughter. Surprising though it might seem, you are and always have been a gift from heaven.

We always told you to be careful and you never listened. I’m looking forward to many more years of ignored advice.

Congratulations on turning 16. Your car insurance company will view you as a 0 year old driver. Make sure you wear your diaper… I mean seat belt.

The law might say you are old enough to drive, but I know you are really just a 10-year-old with 6 years of experience. 10-year-olds shouldn’t be driving.

Sixteen is a year filled with new responsibilities; dating, driving, and a first job. You'll find out years later that none of these things are anything to get excited about.

Congratulations on turning 16! Get a job!

It’s time to put away your bad teenager attitude, now that you are 'sweet sixteen!

You only get 1 year to spend as a 16-year-old, don't spend it all in one place.

You will have many opportunities to demonstrate your maturity as a near-adult, but why waste your childhood on that?

It seem like just yesterday you were 15. Come to think of it, you were 15 just yesterday.

Congratulations on turning 16. We know you will be a safe driver, since you have had 16 years of driving experience. You've driven your parents crazy for 16 years.

Try to live up to what you're called now, "sweet sixteen."

"Hpy 16th Bday! Dnt Txt N Drv."

The silliest things any old person can laugh about when they remember are done at this new age of yours. I hope you will enjoy every bit of it. Happy sixteen. Have lots of fun!

Wow, you look beautiful in that dress darling. You make an old man proud to be your father. Happy sweet 16th baby girl.

At this new age of yours I hope that you can keep your dreams and nurture them, because they will spur you to greatness. I hope you will attain greatness in no time.