Hi I’m Lisa, I am 28 and live in the North West of England with my husband, our crazy Jack Russell Jasper and our beautiful daughter Holly. I created Hollybobbs to follow my parenting journey as well as discuss my love of all things crafting. I’m guest posting today whilst Domestic Goddesque convalesces, so if your little one is snoozing, grab a brew and delve into my world for a minute or two!
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My Dad has recently had a nasty health scare and it has made me step back and take stock of our relationship, and that between my daughter and her Daddy. After letting my sister and I know the extent of his scare (he is fine now, thank goodness), it has made me realise just how much I take my Dad for granted in my life. Throughout the years he has always been there, whether it be to dispel his words of wisdom or to hang wallpaper in many of our abodes. I have always relied on him as a pillar of strength, steady and constant in my life, and looked up to him immensely. Despite our sometimes tumultuous relationship he has been there for me to impart harsh words when required and guide me along the right path, even when I refused to listen.
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| My Dad with Holly |
Now my husband, John, and I have a daughter of our own and are trying to uncover the secrets of the parenting handbook someone seems to have forgotten to give us! I know John will be just as an important figure in Holly’s life as my Dad was in mine and I love watching his relationship with her grow every day. Although I am Holly’s full time carer and there are times when, due to familiarity, she turns to me rather than John for comfort, it always melts my heart when after a hard day at work he walks in the door to be greeted by a beaming smile and the call of ‘Daddy’ in her little baby voice. I love nothing more than to watch them play together or to listen discreetly over the monitor to him reading a bedtime story to her as she listens intently.
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| Watching TV with Daddy |
John wasn’t always comfortable with children before Holly was born and I know he was worried about being the same with a baby of his own. But I knew as soon as he held her it would be different and being a dad would just come naturally. As it turned out he had very little choice as after my c-section I was out of action for quite a while, so he had a baptism of fire which included meconium nappies, learning how to burp a newborn and projectile vomiting! As I thought, he was a natural.
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| Tummy Time Together |
I can already see how much Holly dotes on her daddy and I look forward to watching this grow. One day she will look back and know she was blessed with having such a brilliant Daddy and be so thankful of everything he does for her, just like I do my Dad. And on the day when he walks her down the aisle as she begins a new life of her own, I know how proud he will be to call her his daughter.
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| With my Dad on my wedding day |
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