solicitous
eagerly
raring
bursting
thirstily
anxious
dying
zestful
keen as mustard
with bated breath
lick one's chops
rub one's hands together
ert
desirously
bright-eyed
keen as a bean
from the bottom of one's heart
freckly
heart and soul
overkeen
snap
overeager
raven
keenly
scoop up
alacritous
yearningly
desireful
longingly
eat something up with a spoon
heartfelt
hungry
excitable
dear
fall over oneself
earnest
devout
heave
feverish
agog
insistently
with bells on
overearnest
pant
aspiringly
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
insistingly
shoo
pounce
amp