Here is one more picture from the top of the plant.

I would say it looks like a Cottonwood tree seedling.

Rhonda

I checked and these leafs are the size of my palm. The cottonwood leaves are a bit smaller, i think so I am pretty sure its not that.

thanks!!

Frequently leaves of young trees are larger than on mature trees. Instead of size, look at other identifying features: leaf attachment, leaf margins, venation, etc.

It's difficult to tell exactly what the stem looks like in your photo, but the leaves sure look like tree leaves to me.

Thank you. I didn't realize the leaves would be that much bigger.
The stem is light green. Hard to get a picture of stems and leaf attachments ;)

After looking around, I think Rhonda is right in that it is a young cottonwood. It just looked so delicate...lol I thought it was some kind of bush.

I might just let it grow, we had two trees die this year and this can replace one of them. :)
Its funny there isn't any cottonwoods around close by, that look like this young one.
thanks again!

The seed is wind-blown rather than bird-dropped. Some "cottonwood" trees really live up to their name by dropping so much cotton-like fluff-covered seed that it looks like snow.

FataMorgana