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A whole 13.5 months later

mommyeverafter — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:22:37 +0000

and the notion that we are parents to this sweet, remarkable little girl still takes our breath away.
Just this afternoon, as our little girl stood up and grabbed her daddy’s leg in a squishy-baby-skinned-embrace,
he looked at me, his eyes round and wet,
and asked me, awestricken,”Am I really her daddy? When did I become her daddy?”
And I had to remind him of this.
And as he spouted off her birth stats from memory,
(You were born at 2:22am on April 18. 7 pounds. 12 ounces. 21 inches.)
she shook his leg,
shouting “Hi Dada! Dada! Dada! Hi Dada!”
She’s a real person now.
She is no longer a new baby
and he is no longer a new Daddy.
A new daddy, no,
but the best daddy,
most certainly, yes.
These two,
they’ve come a long way.
And when I stare at them,
standing together,
their gazes locked,
with their eyes crinkling the same way,
I think back to that day when my guy became her daddy.
I remember how she loved him instantly, before I was strong enough to hold her, or brave enough to burp her.
I remember looking at my husband, who had barely even held a baby before,
and thinking, “I have never seen a more natural father in my life. He was born to be her dad.”
And I remember struggling to catch my breath, as I said, My, how I’m lucky they’re mine.
And now, as her tiny, pink feet are strong enough to stand upon,
and she now weighs more than 7 pounds, 12 ounces,
I realize that it’s not just her body that has grown.
So has our incredible, immeasurable love for her.
So have our hearts.

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“I have a new Princess name for her–

mommyeverafter — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:27:24 +0000

“Sleeping Cutie. We need to give her kisses to wake her up.”
-The best daddy ever.

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Ilovethese2ku

mommyeverafter — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:08:44 +0000

Your daddy calls you
his “Atlantic Ocean eyes”.
I could swim all day.

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nobody puts daddy in the corner

mommyeverafter — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:50:40 +0000

What does it mean to be the daddy of a little girl?
I know that in my house growing up, it meant many things.
My dad grew up with 3 sisters. He then had 2 daughters and a female dog. He was a life-long swimmer in the estrogen pond, so to speak.
In some ways, my dad is the consummate guy’s guy; he is an athlete, an avid sports fan, and he’s exceptionally good at math. Did I stereotype enough for you, there?
However, he is also the ultimate girl’s dad.
For him, being a daddy to two little girls meant dressing up as Miss America for Halloween. Let me tell you, a 6’2”, cobalt, lacy nightgown clad Miss America is not exactly inconspicuous.
Being a daddy to two little girls meant making up secret languages and games, like letting me hide in his small closet, over and over again, only so that he could find me and “throw me out like a sack of potatoes”. I must have played this with him for hours on end, each time believing that I would be able to go undiscovered in that tiny 2ftX2ft square of darkness.
Being a daddy to two little girls meant letting us do his makeup, forcing him to do ours, and becoming skilled at picking out which shoes go with which pants.
Being a daddy to two girls meant knowing when to hand over the telephone to our mom. (This happened to me just today, in fact.)
Being a daddy to two little girls meant helping me to pick out my Rolling Stones wedding song before I was out of elementary school.
Being a daddy to two little girls meant that in middle school, my dad made homemade milkshakes and chocolate chip cookies for us every.single.night before bed.
Being a daddy to two little girls means that my dad can school any of you in Dirty Dancing trivia. It means that instead of referring to Craig Bierko as Max Baer in Cinderella Man, my dad refers to him as Ray King, “Jazz Man” in Sex and the City.
My dad may be the ultimate man’s man, but he’s also the supreme girl’s daddy, and he has the pink shirts to prove it.
What does it mean to be the daddy of a little girl?
In my house it means many things.
It means that my husband has now purchased more than one two tutus.
It means that he now knows the difference between Aurora, Tiana, Jasmine and Ariel.
It means navigating through seas of pink and lace and tiaras and eyelashes and crazy, unimaginable love.
And, just today, it meant that I walked into the baby’s room to find my husband filing my daughter’s nails.
“So,” he began, as he leaned over the baby’s long, delicate fingers. “Time to gossip! That’s what ladies do when they get their nails done.”
That is what it means to be the daddy to a little girl,
and a very, very good one at that.

What does it mean to be the daddy of a little girl?
Let me tell you,
it means the world.

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