Daddy's Day

Lately I've discovered that I have more in common with my dad than I thought.. This week I have been a little impatient, wanted to say "you're fine" to several incidents, had conversations with the dog and the raccoon, and have been a little obsessive about having the windows clean. All of my life I've been told I'm just like my mom, BUT I think my dad has rubbed off on me over the years :) I just wanted to write a quick post about how much I love my dad and everything about him that makes him so special!

• First off, my dad is a good shopper. This I inherited for sure. I love to shop, and so does my dad. Not something my husband really appreciates :)
• My dad is a master window cleaner, I only learned from the best- you should see the glass doors I just cleaned- he would be so proud. 
• My dad has this way to make me feel motivated. For example, this week every time I talked to him over FaceTime he would say, "Have you caught the raccoon yet?" It became more of a pride issue for me to catch the animal than to actually stop it from eating the dog food. (Don't worry we caught it).
• He has a way of making conversations and then getting up and leaving in the middle of them, it makes it easy to know when you need to stop talking. Phone conversations are pretty similar, When he says "alright talk to ya" that means goodbye and click. Conversation over.  No dilly dallying with him. 
• He calls me sweetheart and the next thing I know he is calling Mya (our dog) sweetheart too. Kind of disheartening. 
• This quote with forever be ingrained in my memory, "Once a job has begun do not leave it til it's done, if a job be great or small do it right or not at all." We heard this over and over as children. I recited it to Nate while we were working it in the yard this weekend, he was pretty impressed. Thanks Dad. 
• Whenever us kids would get hurt and we would run in crying the first thing that came out of his mouth was "You're Fine." Pretty sure that these words came out of his mouth all 4 times that I had broken arms. 
• My dad can talk to animals. Any kind, you name it, he can have a conversation with them. I caught myself talking to the raccoon when we caught it.. Maybe it's genetic. 
• I've always been a daddy's girl. He always rocked me to sleep, took care of me when all I wanted was daddy, loved me through all my mistakes and showed me what I wanted in a future husband and daddy for my kids.

I'm so grateful for you dad! I hope you are having a fabulous Father's Day! I love you.