Hannah loves to play with playdough. What 2 year old doesn't. Originally, the only thing I could make with this magical clay was a snake. (Though I have branched out and can now make a snow man). Well, tonight we busted out the dough, and Hannah in her sweetest voice said: "Makt a sssnakte." (somehow she runs her hard 'c' sounds into a 't' sound.) We had a blast! We made a Daddy snake (of course) a slightly smaller "mommy" snake, a baby snake, a nanna snake, and even a "Tamden", or Camden snake. (Not gonna lie, my heart sank a little when she wanted to make this one. If you are a dad with a daughter, you know exactly why. YOu see Camden is the little boy Annie keeps a couple days a week.)
As we were playing and laughing, and hissing at each other it hit me....In the not too distant future just making a clay snake won't do it. Now, things are simple. I can take her & mommy to see the Veggie Tales movie, and then to Chilis and everything is great! This morning she actually said "Sorry daddy" and gave me a hug after she had thrown what can only be described as a "fit". She was genuinly sorry. My heart melted. You see Annie gets to spend all day with her. There are several times when I would say in amazement: "Hey, Hannah just did so & so (some new discovery). Annie would reply: "Yeah she's been doing that all week." I would simply laugh, and say: "Well, it's news to me!"
I know there will be a time when the sweet, loving "Daddy"'s become annoyed, or embarrased "DAAD!" And, honestly, apart of me looks forward to being a little embarrasing, but for now, I'll just have to be content "Maktin a snakt."
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How sweet. Not that you asked for it, but my advice would be just savor these sweet moments like you are doing and try not to think about her as a teenager. Thinking about feisty Xylie as a 16 year-old scares the heck out of me. It warms my heart to see Napp with our children and seeing other dads loving their kids--Keep being the kind of dad that you are now and I bet Hannah will always call you "Daddy."
That is a precious story Brian! I can't believe your baby is getting so big! Sounds like she is at such a fun age though!
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