Lil Lon-Lon | Daddy's Girl

This week, we got the phone call that you have tested into the Dual Language Program!  It is a huge accomplishment, and I am very proud of you.  You are a smart, special, creative, free-spirited little girl who is also fierce, strong, and full of potential.

I’m super excited for you for 2 main reasons:

1 – You were originally Daddy’s Girl

2 – Everybody is going to see how gifted, talented, and special you are

When we first brought you home, you were originally a big-time Daddy's girl.  My earliest memories of my Lil Lon-Lon was of you waiting for me to get home from work so that I could hold you, rock you, play with your cheeks and belly, and feed you to put you to sleep.  When someone would try to pull you away from me to hold you, you would just cry your Daddy.  

But, by far you were by far our best baby and within your first month, you were able to sleep through the night so well that others were willing and OFFERING to babysit you earlier than your sisters.  I call this the Gift and the Curse.  It was great having a newborn slept through the night so early, but because you always had someone wanting to babysit you, I had to share you with the world.  Now as an almost 5 year old, you are such a Mommy's girl, and that is great.  You and your Mommy have a very special bond, and you will always be Daddy's Lil Girl.  

With you being the middle child, I definitely see how you can get lost in the shuffle.  Lex is Lex and Zoe is Zoe - they both demand attention at times.  Though you have just enough reason to keep all eyes on yourself like your sisters, you have a quietness and a shyness that the other two don't have.  You seem content in your spot, happy to have your growth and success shine in the shadows, but I also see a slight yearning for some recognition, and I am excited that this will give us more opportunities to celebrate you!  

You have always made life look so effortless - The way you run, the way you color, the way you match up your clothes that you are already picking out for yourself... It might be part of the reason why you might not always get the recognition from us that you have earned and deserved.   You know Lex is always pushing, grinding, and she doesn't have a problem letting everybody know.  Zoe just has to be seen and is always asking me to, 'Look at me Daddy.'  You sometimes request the spotlight and jump on stage, but just as often as I've seen you say, ' Look at Daddy,' or your line, 'Watch this ________," I see you shy away from extra attention.  

Always know that Daddy sees you. Daddy saw you first, Daddy never stopped believing in you, and Daddy knows and has always known that you are special.

Daddy Loves you Little Lon-Lon.