We had a fun day here at our house! Phil is on nights this month, so he got home just after I got Giuliana up and ready for the day. He brought with him a few surprises for us! :) He got me a gorgeous bouquet of tulips, which I ADORE. If there is a way to my heart with flowers, it's tulips! I love them so much. Phil also picked up flowers for the other little lady in his life, Giuliana. He was so sweet about it. He got her 5 orange gerber daisies. They are beautiful.
He had me sit her down and then he placed them in front of her. She just looked at them, and then looked at him like, wow, thanks Daddy! It was very sweet. She just gently touched them... bent over and looked in the paper.. It was so sweet.
I love this. It just melted my heart. I remember when I was pregnant we thought for sure it was a boy. We did all the old wives tales.. and all the little tests you can do yourself to try and predict what it was going to be. EVERYTHING came out boy. Once we had the ultrasound and found out that we were having a girl, we both shocked, and so excited! A boy would have been wonderful, but a girl, HOW FUN! :) Immediately we switched to girl mode and I couldn't help but imagine the future.
To have a girl, to have Daddy wrapped around her tiny little fingers. I knew there would be immediate head over heels feelings towards Daddy. He's wonderful, after all :). I always wanted a little girl, to feel how I do about Phil. When you see him after a long day , to just be so excited! To run to him and feel the love that just radiates out of him when he hugs you. That love, it's something extraordinary. I feel it daily and I know for a fact she does!
Usually in the morning before he has been getting home from work, I'll go in and get her, change her diaper and then bring her back to our bed for her morning bottle. Usually just after we finish the bottle, Daddy gets home!! :) II can hear the garage open from our room, so when I do, I immediately go into "Daddy! Daddy's home!!" mode. I usually do it in a whispering voice. She starts looking around, and saying "Da", "Dadda" (sometimes in a whisper voice too, but SO excited sounding). We hear him grab a bite to eat and then start down the hallway. It's so cute watching her because by now she knows what it sounds like when he walks down the hallway and she looks toward the door. As soon as she sees him she completely lights up! All smiles, and usually starts trying to move all over the bed in her "I need to sit up, I need to dance, I need to be goofy" mode! :) It's adorable. OR she starts squealing, which she has been doing lately! :)
Either way, or however the details fall, she is always so excited to see her Daddy. The man who loves her to pieces! The man who is equally excited to see her as he scoops her up and does an airplane with her and attacks her with kisses.
She is fortunate. I am fortunate. We are blessed. This Valentines Day, I just want to say that I have the best hubby ever. He is such a hard worker, supporter, dreamer, he's funny, loving, caring, SO patient, smart.... oh lanta, I could go on and on at the risk of sounding so cheesy, but he really is all those things. PLUS, he's the greatest Dad in the world. He loves that little nugget with everything he is.
Which brings me to another reason I wanted to do this post.. I have been falling behind in my picture every week project. I've been really busy taking pictures that last couple days, so I thought I would post one that I just love. The theme this next week is True Love. I think this picture depicts true love at the core. A father's love for his daughter.
I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day with your lovelies! I know I did!
*~Peace, Love, and More Love~*
