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her “fi rst” moments, watching her evolve from an impressionable infant to a tod- dler with a loving disposition and a fan- tastic imagination. It warms my heart to see her grow and change each day, but even more to see her excitement bubble over during those precious moments she spends with “Dada.”
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I love my husband for so many reasons that it would take me an entire book, rath- er than an essay, to capture all the won- derful things I adore. Just one of them is how much he loves our daughter. I see it in so many ways. Sometimes I catch a glimpse of this special way he’s looking at her and it reminds me of how he looked at me when we fi rst started dating in col- lege. It was as though the entire rest of the room melted away, people and all, and it was just the two of us standing there, enough to make my heart skip a beat. It’s almost the same with them, but with a fa- ther’s doting love. Meanwhile, the roman- tic, sweep-you-off -your-feet love I feel for him continues to grow and grow. I am not sure if he ever notices me noticing him getting lost in this gaze at the beautiful child we created. Even if he does, I don’t think I could stop looking.
Our daughter adores her dad and looks forward to seeing him every morning and awaits his return at night. Even when he’s not at home, he’s defi nitely on her mind. She talks into her play phone (or more often, my cell phone), starting her con- versation with “Hi Dada,” and proceeds to name all of her favorite stuff ed animals and the family dog, along with other ran- dom words, telling him about her day.
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When we are reading books and the pic- ture shows a big animal and a little animal interacting, Natalie points and calls the big one “Dada” and the little one “Nattie.” (Always. It’s never “Mama,” and that’s fi ne by me.) She also calls pictures of teddy bears “Dada” in her books. Perhaps be- cause they are so cute and lovable?
Bonding moments between Justin and Natalie are just as heartwarming for me. I will never forget the very fi rst time they
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