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September 13, 2004
"I love you da-da."
So on Thursday I left England at around 11am-ish and 10 hours later arrived in San Fran at about 2PM-ish. It was a good flight, I got bumped up to 1st class, which was somewhat nifty. I managed not to watch any of the movies I knew Kim would want to watch with me (I'm a very considerate hubby, you see). Which left me with "13 going on 30" and the latest Harry Potter movie. Technically, Kim would have wanted to watch it with me, but I honestly thought I'd seen it when it started. I kept saying to myself, I don't remember this. The haze of the previous movies and the books prevented me from realizing that I hadn't seen this one until about 20 minutes in. By then it was too late. Anyway, on to the point of this blog...
Kim picked us up at the airport and when I got home, I broke out the gifts. Araceli got 4 airplane magnets and a teddybear in a pink flightsuit (complete with WWII-era goggles). Kim got some perfume. Trinity kisses from me, which I'm sure she appreciates as much as anything else at this point.
Araceli has always liked planes, and when Kim told her I was on an airplane, it was one of the only things she talked to me about while I was gone. Anyway, I had crashed out on the couch after giving out various gifts and listening to Kim help Araceli put the magnets on the fridge. Then I heard Kim whisper "Go tell da-da thank you."
I listened to Araceli trot around the the counter over to the couch until she came into view. She climbed up onto the couch, gave me a hug and whispered (because her mom whispered it) "Thanks dada." I said "No problem, honey" and gave her a big hug. She hopped down from the couch and cantered out of view, only to come back a second later, lean around the edge of the couch and say "I love you, dada" only to quickly disappear again.
Sept 9th, 2004. My 2 year old daughter tells me she loves me for the first time of her own accord.
Posted by SunSword at September 13, 2004 12:01 AM