Daddys and their Daughters

I was a Daddy's girl. Anyone who knows me, knows this. I was SO close with my Dad and we never went without seeing each other at least a few times a week and if they wasn't possible, we were on the phone with each other. My Dad has been gone for almost a year now and there are still days I will pick up a phone and start to hit the 7, which was his speed dial on my phone. You wouldn't believe how many times that has happened to me in the last year...or making invite lists to my kids' events, his name would still come up on that list. It sucks and next month, you can expect a page long blog about the year I have had without him..but that isn't really why I started to write this post.

I have the BEST husband ever. My two little girls have the best Daddy. Let me go back to the start of this year. I had Paige on December 30, 2008 and about a month before, had signed Emilee up for swimming classes that started a week after my due date, knowing full well I wouldn't be getting into a pool with her...in steps Jason. I thought it would be good for the two of them to have that time with just each other once a week for a couple months. I had an hour every Wednesday night with just Paige and Daddy & his first born got their time together. It was win-win. In the last few months, I have seen Jason and Emilee become so close, almost a bond I recognized, like what my Dad and I had. We go up north every weekend and he takes her out fishing every morning, just the two of them. He went up for 3 days to the camper and took Emilee with him. I love it. I can only hope that my girls have the type of Father/Daughter relationship I had with my Dad. I think that that is such an important role in a little girl's life and I am so blessed to have a husband who believes the same thing.

That brings me to Paige, our second daughter. Wow. That is all I can say. I totally remember Jason when we had Emilee and maybe it was because she was first and it was all new to us, but he was clueless, not that I expected him to just jump right into that role, when, like I said, it was all new to us. Now I see him with Paige and like I said, Wow. It's amazing how hands on he is with her. I see him tell his girls how much he loves them and how blessed he is to be their Daddy. Amazing. Any Father who takes the time to get to KNOW his daughters and gives of himself, his time, his attention, they are amazing men and have my utmost respect.

Like they say, anyone can be a Father. It takes someone special to be a Daddy! :)

Here are some pics of Jason and Emilee.... :)