My Husband and Daughter.

on Sunday, 15 April 2012.

madsmre

When we were pregnant I was sure that we were having a boy. I know that Mr E would have quite liked a little boy but when at our 20 week scan we found out we were having a daughter, I was so thrilled to have a little girl that I could hopefully be best friends with- just like me and my Mum.

What I didn't bargain for was the ultimate bond in our family- Mads and her Daddy. From the second Mr E clapped eyes on our daughter, he adored her. But as she has grown bigger and more interactive, their relationship has grown stronger and stronger.

I knew Mr E would be a good Dad. But I didn't quite realise just how good. His own 'father' left when he was three and he hasn't seen him since. He now looks at Mads and wonders how on earth he could ever have done that. My husband adores that little girl with every single fibre of his being. I look at him sometimes playing with her, or cuddling her and he has tears in his eyes. I often catch him looking at her and the look he has on his face makes my heart flutter- he is completely and utterly devoted to her.

He isn't one of these Dads who sits around and lets me do all the work. In fact he does a lot more than me. Even when I was breastfeeding, he would wake up every night feed to talk to me or keep me company, even when he was up for work the next day. I go off to work in the morning, and he feeds Mads and gets her ready. In the evenings nine times out of ten he will feed her, and give her a bath and put her to bed. I hear them chatting upstairs and reading a bedtime story and it sounds soppy, but it just makes me melt.

Because of this they are as thick as thieves. Mads absolutely adores her Daddy. In the morning she will stand in her cot and shout for her Da Da, she often turns her back on me and cuddles him! All day when I am off work if we go out in the car or open the front door she just repeats 'Da da da da' over and over again. She has even started pointing at photos of him and saying 'Da da.' When Mr E does finally come through the door, her little face literally lights up and she gets so excited she shrieks in delight and jumps up and down.

I don't mind their bond- it doesn't make me jealous that she adores her Daddy because I know she loves me too. In fact it makes me the happiest girl in the world. I love how hands on my husband is with her, and I love that I have given him the greatest gift of all- a wonderful little girl.

I am so proud of my husband and I want him to know that, even though he didn't have the best childhood in the world, he is completely and utterly dedicated to his daughter. Mads is a very lucky little lady, as she really does have one of the best Daddy's in the world.

In fact perhaps THE best. Although I know I am a little biased.

I am so lucky to have them.

Tags: Family, Love, Mads, Mr E

Comments (26)

Hilary Binns

18 April 2012 at 10:18 | #

This made me cry! I know that my little girl and her Daddy would be this close, but he works away all week and only sees her at weekends :(
There is just a special bond between Daddies and their girls that never goes away - teenage boys beware ;)

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 20:53 | #
  
  Aw I am sorry that he works away- although I bet they have great fun at the weekends. x
  
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Lucy at Dear Beautiful Boy

18 April 2012 at 11:19 | #

Perhaps I should make my husband read this, it might help him realise that baby girls really aren't that scary. I know that as a child I absolutely worshipped my dad, still do a lot of the time. And at my wedding, aside from saying I do, the first dance and my first kiss with my new husband, my other favourite moments were walking down the aisle on my daddy's arm and getting to do a father-daughter dance in the evening.
I think it's such a special relationship and a lovely post about it. x

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 20:56 | #
  
  I think you should definitely show it to R...it is definitely a special relationship. x
  
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Emma @mummymummymum

18 April 2012 at 11:57 | #

Awww beautiful Katie. I hope I can be best friend with my daughters. xxx

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 20:57 | #
  
  Thanks Emma- I am sure you will be. x
  
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would like to be a yummy mummy

18 April 2012 at 12:29 | #

The bond between Daddy's and Daughters is pretty special. I was a bit worried Husband would be disappointed when we found out baby number 3 was another girl but he wasn't. at all. He was delighted because he said they are Daddys girls xx

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 21:01 | #
  
  Three gorgeous girlies is such a blessing x
  
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Lisa @ hollybobbs

18 April 2012 at 17:44 | #

H is becoming a right little daddy's girl too! I don't kind really, apart from when ingot refused a cuddle and get called daddy all day!

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 21:04 | #
  
  Haha Holly I get exactly the same! x
  
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Charlotte

18 April 2012 at 17:46 | #

Lobely post! I think my hubby was also shocked to find out he was having a daughter but they have also bonded more than he would have ever imagined. Guess we know where the saying Daddy's Girl comes from! ;0)

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 21:05 | #
  
  Precisely! ;)
  
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Charlotte

18 April 2012 at 17:46 | #

Obviously that is lovely! Silly phone! ;0)

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The Mummy Adventure

18 April 2012 at 17:54 | #

I have the biggest mummy's boy, but would love a little girl one day too. Beautiful post x

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 21:12 | #
  
  And likewise I would like a little boy. Or two girls! ;) I am undecided! x
  
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Vikki @ Love From Mummy

18 April 2012 at 18:53 | #

That is beautiful lovely, brought a tear to my eye. I never had that bond with my dad (for reasons i won't disclose on here) but i can imagine how special it is to see. I'm so lucky to have a mummy's boy , but would love a little girl myself one day too xxx

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LauraCYMFT

18 April 2012 at 21:40 | #

Such a moving post. Lovely!

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 21:13 | #
  
  Thanks hun x
  
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Kate (aka Makeshift Mummy)

18 April 2012 at 21:41 | #

Aw that picture is utterly adorable. I didnt know whether Iw as carrying a boy or a girl but as soon as I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy and his daddy held him I knew there was a unique boy bond that I could not even get close to. I also knew that as his mother I had a different bond altogether. I think its nice that our babies can have different bonds with different people - if that makes any sense lol. xx

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 April 2012 at 21:14 | #
  
  I think your right there- it is lovely for them all to have different bonds- a bond between a Dad and son is so different but yet it is wonderful when you see mother and son relationships too.x
  
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HELEN

19 April 2012 at 08:50 | #

that's a gorgeous photo Katie...that's definitely one for the wall !
x

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Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three

19 April 2012 at 21:14 | #

I think your right there Helen! x

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Mum2BabyInsomniac

19 April 2012 at 21:20 | #

Oh that is so lovely and I cannot believe he woke up and spoke to you during night feeds! Bless him. I love watching Dad2BabyInsomniac with Iyla, to see him playing silly games with teapots and dolls is just fabulous! xx

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alysonsblog

20 April 2012 at 08:56 | #

absolutely beautiful post - as a mother of 3 daughters I really get that you dont feel jealous or envious of the relationship with daddy, you just adore them both all the more for it x

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Richmond Mummy

20 April 2012 at 21:26 | #

Lovely post :-) xx

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Sarah

12 July 2012 at 14:33 | #

You have a nack of writing such beautiful posts :)

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