Daddy's Girl

Dear Lilia,

I know, I know.  The last time I wrote, you had decided that you liked Mommy the best, but apparently you changed your mind rather quickly (gee, I wonder who you got THAT from?).  Now you seem to have settled on me.  Let me explain how Mommy and I know this.

It started about two weeks ago during the weekend.  You seemed to be smiling at me a lot more and laughing with me.  Then it gradually turned into doing OK at home with Mommy during the work week and then you started to fuss and give Mommy a hard time while I was at work.  When I would come home each time this happened, you would pretty much stop crying and be content for the rest of the night.

I think the part that drives Mommy nuts though is that you seem to think it's not OK to sleep when I'm not home.  She'll put you down for naps (so that she can get some rest) and then you'll proceed to only sleep for about 20 minutes.  On the other hand, if I'm home and I tell Mommy to get some rest and that I'll take care of you, you fall asleep and proceed to stay asleep for the next two hours.

Don't get me wrong, I like getting this special treatment, but I think you need to give Mommy a break when I'm not around. 

Love,
Daddy

Momma's Girl

Dear Lilia,

It's been a while since I've written and a lot of things have changed for you.  One of those happens to be that you finally decided on who you like best.  As only makes sense, you chose Mommy.

I understand completely considering that you spend all day with her, she plays with you all day, and she feeds you.  I do like it when you at least PRETEND that you like me though.  In the last week or so you learned to actually laugh.  Mommy showed me how she could get you to laugh by nuzzling your belly, but it sure doesn't work when I do it.  It's actually kind of funny how you'll laugh hysterically when Mommy does it, but you just look at me like I'm crazy when I do it.

Needless to say, I was happy that you decided to save up lots of smiles for me this weekend.  You decided that it was OK to be a Daddy's girl for a couple of days.  I finally even got you to laugh for me.  I think it's a good trade-off.  You can be a Momma's girl during the week and a Daddy's girl during the weekend. 

I hope you realize that we both love you no matter who you like better, but I hope that you keep throwing me a bone by being a Daddy's girl every now and then.

Love,
Daddy

Enjoy it while you can

Dear Lilia,

I hope you realize that you are more than likely the envy of every model in the world. No matter what you wear, people fawn over you and say how cute you are. You can even stick your tongue out at people and everyone says how cute and funny it is.

Also, your face seems to be able to create all sorts of expressions. Mommy and I don't even know what half of them mean. My favorite so far is what Mommy had to say about how you looked at her this morning. I quote:

"I just kissed Lilia on the cheeks and she opened one eye and looked at me like 'what exactly do you think YOU'RE doing?'"

Honestly, how come you can get away with something like that? If I tried that I would get in trouble! The only thing I ask at this point is that you reserve some smiles for me so that they're not all used up by the time I get home from work everyday.

Love,
Daddy