Thanks!

and say, "Beep!"

I can't believe it's been two years, time goes by so fast. She's absolutely beautiful, Will.

(And BTW, that next-to-the-last photo is my absolute favorite....)

I love pictures of baby on daddy's chest. Have one with my brother on my dad's, my parents foster child on my dad's, my niece on my brother's and probably some others.

Happy birthday to your lovely daughter

She is just so gorgeous and obviously smart!

Ya done good, my dear Will!

Thanks for the beautiful pictures, Will. She sure is a baby doll!

won't be long!

HB, Lola!

Oh, and the brat's okay too.

pretty little girl and one proud papa.

1% of the time, you wonder why you ever wanted it, and 99% of the time, you wonder how you ever came up with the notion that your life was complete without it

Spot on.

What was once this:
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Twenty-nine years later became this:
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It's a long, arduous, frustrating, exhilarating, miraculous process. No sane dad in the world would miss it for anything.

She's so sweet.

That's what a close friend (and father) told me the day my daughter was born.
I had no idea what he was talking about.
HooWee Boy was he right!

All of a sudden you have this tiny being, who YOU helped to create (WOW!) and you have no clue as to how to deal with her.

You bring her home from the hospital and she's crying.
You don't know why.
You check her diaper safety pins to make sure she's not skewered.
(Yeah, this was 40 something years ago.)
Maybe she's hungry?
Mom tries to breast feed.
No deal.
We're still clueless.
There is no owners' manual or tech help to call.

I leave for the airport to pick up mom's mom.
Wish I had a police escort to get back.
Granny hauls that kid up on her shoulder and whacks her on the back a few times.
B-U-U-U-R-R-R-P-P-P
No more crying.


Fast forward beyond all the middle school angst, etc. to BOYS
YOU remember what you had on your mind when the hormones began to fire?
BASTIDS!

Eventually, if you're lucky, and maybe do a few things right, she marries a guy you really like and respect and you get...GRANDCHILDREN!

Grandkids are FUN.
You can indulge them and let them do things you'd never let your kids do and at the end of the day THEY GO HOME!

Perfect.


Happy Birthday Lola.
Whatever Loal wants...

Which is exactly the way it ought to be...

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What a cutie-- thanks for sharing!!