I want Daddy!

I have two adorable little girls.  A little backstory when I was pregnant (both times) I just knew I was having a boy.  I (embarrassingly) corrected anyone who called the baby a "she," before I found out what I was having.   I don't know what my infatuation was with having a son. I do know that my sister and I argued and fought like crazy over EVERYTHING growing up so I wasn’t sure about embarking on the drama of two girls close in age like my sister and I.  

Well God constantly proves to me that I am not in control and very frequently throws out all my perfectly organized plans.   So two girls it is...23 months apart, and I could not feel more blessed and happy by His decision.  
 
I am learning more about the special relationship between a daughter and her father as I watch my girls.  This is all new to me as I didn't grow up with my biological father in my life, nor any other strong positive male figure.  
 
Wesley is a wonderful father and our girls absolutely adore him.   I love how giddy Micah gets when daddy comes home from work.  She is excited, screaming “Hi daddy,” and runs to him. She instantly gets upset if he doesn't pick up her within two seconds of him coming in the door.  He sometimes doesn't even have time to put his stuff down before she is in his arms or wrapped around his leg.
 
I have a friend who has two slightly older girls and when I was first pregnant she jokingly said get ready for when they want daddy over you.  She gave an example of when her girls would sometimes cry out in the night and she would go in and console them and then randomly one night she got up and her daughter said to her "no, I want daddy." Well needless to say I'm in the midst of those times right now, mainly with my three-year-old Malachi but my one-year-old Micah is following closely behind. 
 
From first thing in the morning until bedtime I hear the phrase "I want daddy" frequently.  Every piece of artwork and anything done for the first time or done well she proclaims, "I need to show or tell daddy".  If I say no to something or she is just over me she will say, "I want daddy" and go find him.  We've learned to be on the same page with her technique of asking the other parent when one says no (I didn't know this scheme would start so early) :-)  This past Sunday at church Wes was talking with someone AND had Micah in his arms and Malachi said she needed to use the bathroom so I said ok I'll take you and she said, "no I want daddy to take me."  
 
Of course I don't get jealous...right :-0 ... I know my girls love and need me too, but I do jokingly think well what about me?  I mean seriously Malachi just started saying that I am bossy.  It actually sounds more like "you're not da bossy" or "stop being da bossy" when she she says it ;) To which I respond "bye girl, I sure am because I am in charge!"  Strange how Wesley hasn't been called bossy yet...??? lol
 
I love the time they spend together.  Malachi loves watching sports with daddy, Wes takes the girls on walks frequently, and I know they both prefer daddy's soul music bath time sessions over my regular boring ones ;0 (I mean who wouldn't???).  At breakfast Malachi says she wants daddy's cereal (which is any of the cereals daddy likes) and at bedtime she wants to say daddy's prayer (which is actually the Lord's prayer haha)
 
I am blessed and grateful that they can have experiences I never had growing up. I don't know exactly what the future holds but we will enjoy this sweet time now because the pre/teenaged years may bring about a different adventure.  sigh

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