As I previously stated around May of last year, Kailyn hit the “daddy” phase. Things no longer were “I just want mommy”, but “where is my daddy”… “I need my daddy!” Kailyn is still like that. She knows Tony has to work and still asks for him every morning, rejoices on the mornings he gets to stay home and is anxiously awaiting his return when he does have to work. Lately, Kailyn has become especially attached to Tony. I don’t know if it was because she was able to spend so much time over Christmas break with him or because he is just the best dad ever! The other night we were getting Kailyn ready for bed and she insisted that Tony do everything. Then when it was time for goodnight kisses, she calmly told me, “Mommy, you don’t kiss daddy…he is my daddy.” I was a little taken aback and wanted to say, “I can kiss him whenever I want…he’s my husband!” However, I then remembered this was our four year old daughter I was talking to. Instead I simply said I would give daddy a kiss later. Then a few days after, Kailyn came to me with this light up necklace and told me, “Mom, I am going to wear this for my wedding.” I chuckled softly and said I thought that would be a great idea, I would definitely save it for her. That night, she told Tony the same thing. Tony’s response was a little different. “Wedding, your never getting married…right!” She only responded with, “Yes I am daddy. I am going to marry you.” Tony and I looked at each other not sure what to say. Then we told her that I was married to daddy and she insisted that both she and I could be married to him. Obviously she doesn’t have the same idea of marriage that most people have. I do believe to her it is the idea of loving someone and just spending time together. When I think of it, it is rather beautiful to see how much Kailyn loves and looks up to her daddy. As I stated before, she not only thinks Tony hung the moon, but the stars as well!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Another new year
I can’t believe that it is 2009 already! My how time flies! This New Year, we decided to spend with my family celebrating Christmas because we were gone for most of the Christmas break. It would be fun night with a big dinner, presents to open, games to play and fireworks to watch! Now since we were gone so much, we had decided to save most of Kailyn’s gifts for when we got home. We wanted to have a Christmas at our house with our gifts to her, stockings and all our usual Christmas traditions. So New Year’s Eve wasn’t just going to be a fun night, but a fun day too! Kailyn woke up that morning not really knowing what to expect and was totally blown away! There were presents under the tree, stockings stuffed with goodies, homemade cookies to eat for breakfast (my favorite part), and a new swing set waiting outside for her! She was so happy…and so were we. We spent the rest of the morning and afternoon playing with all our new “toys” and enjoying yet another Christmas. Now if I were Kailyn, I would think, “Man what a great day,” but there was more! Around lunchtime we reminded her about the party that night at my sister’s house and it goes without saying that she was rather excited! Since we had been out of town for about two weeks, she hadn’t seen her cousins at all…she was dying to see them! Not only did she want to see them, but almost as soon as we walked in the door she wanted them to open her presents that we had gotten them. It was so cute to see her handing each of them their gifts and saying, “I got that for you” and then excitedly wait while they opened it. After eating and opening the many gifts, we decided it was firework time! Sparklers twinkled in the darkness as the “pyrotechnic crew”…my dad and brothers set up the big fireworks! Now for the past few years we have had mediocre fireworks…nothing much but still good. This year my brother in law went to
