To my dad

I just wanted to give a quick happy father's day to my daddy. My husband is wonderful, and I'm so glad he's a great father to our baby, but today I was thinking about my dad. I've always been especially fond of my dad - not quite a daddy's girl, though only because I was just as much a momma's girl. In the past five or so years, though, our relationship has changed a little, and I'm not sure which one instigated the change. It's become more... spiritual. My dad loves to tell me stories from his Primary children (he teaches 11-12 year olds at church) and things he learned or experienced as a result of studying the scriptures. I think that's pretty great, and I love the way he does it. It's very childlike... and tender. Special, like he's sharing a little bit of himself. It is almost a perfect embodiment of our relationship, I feel... tender and a little childlike. Sweet and innocent, yet with a touch of perfect Godly love.

I'll never be able to express how much my relationship with my daddy means to me. I told him how I shared the example of how he tells me stories from the Primary children during a church class today, and I hope he understood a little bit of how I appreciate him.

And, of course, being a family studies major, I appreciate him for numerous reasons. (Father-daughter relationships can have many positive outcomes.)

So, to my dad, and all daddys who love their children.... thank you.

No more excuses!

Sooooo I started this post maybe a week ago. Then my baby got good at crawling and I've been super exhausted. Now I have no more excuses.

Okay! So I found my USB cable for my camera today and uploaded a bunch of stuff! I have taken a TON of movies since my last upload, though, so I probably won't put them all up here. I'm actually considering a youtube channel for the grandparents and other interested parties of the ones that I don't think will entertain the masses, though as a parent I still love any video of my daughter (so I think her grandparents would, too). Without any further ado, here is a video of baby girl trying to catch some sun.

Yes, she is literally trying to catch the ray of sun. We had just gotten up and were playing before breakfast when I look over... and grabbed the camera. It's mostly from behind because she usually gets distracted when I pull out the camera.

And now, a picture dump.

I put her in her car seat for a nap, because I thought she would feel more "cradled" (she was having a hard time being put down), but then I hear some funny noise, and she had just slipped right out! This was before she could sit up on her own.

A common occurrence during mealtimes, but I think I took this picture for the funny way her legs were sticking out.

She can kneel. Pretty cool, huh?

Apparently she sleeps like this a lot now.

Squish face!

I've had a few circumstances where I've actually had to get my baby out of bed (horrible, right?), and I've come in to find her sleeping on her belly with her little bum slightly in the air. I have a theory it's her version of cuddling, as much as she can with a mattress, anyway. SUPER cute, yes?