Date Night

I know. 

You don't even have to tell me. 

I saw the date of my last post. 

I am a shameful blogger! 

It has been about a month and a half since I last blogged... and in that time our home renovation has continued, my daughter turned 2 and lots of other fun life things have happened. 

And what do you get?

Silence! 

It's a little like a messy house. At first it's a little un-tidy, but cleaning it up is just not a top priority, so you say you'll get to it later. As time goes on it goes from un-tidy to a downright mess. Now it's not just that you don't have time, but that it would take so much more time and there's so much more to do to make it clean that the whole idea of it is just so mind-numbing you can't even allow yourself to focus on ounce of attention on the giant mess of a project that awaits you that you allowed to sit and now have to deal with. 

It's kinda like that. :)

 There are so many blog posts in my head, since a month and a half of life went by, that writing them seems so daunting. But fret not. One of these days I WILL write some updates on where things stand with the two big things in our life: our daughter and our home renovation. 

Don't get me wrong! Baby Moad #2 is ALSO a big deal in our lives!  It's just a little uneventful for now: I'm getting bigger, my clothes don't fit, my back hurts, I'm not sleeping and we still haven't picked a name. Consider yourself updated on Baby Moad #2. 

hashtag mombloggeroftheyear 

But I did want to jump on and share these super cute photos of Lu and her daddy. 

The house renovation paired with Greg working has really cut into daddy-daughter time over the last few months. Greg will work then go straight to the house to work on that... so I'll pack Lucy up and dinner and bring her over to the house for the evening where they can see each other and get a few moments together before she has to head back home for bedtime. 

It's just not ideal. And even though it is temporary, it's still a big bummer! 

So we decided that Lucy and Daddy need some one-on-one time together. 

Thus: Daddy Daughter Date Night has commenced.

Try not to judge the photographer who cut off half their heads. 

It is something we want to implement regularly when life is a bit more settled.

I know you are laughing. "Settled" she says. Poor thing. So naive. 

But at least when we don't have a house renovation still looming over our heads. But for now, we are starting small. 

So this evening, on Greg's one and only day off, he is taking his sweet little girl out for dinner and dessert! 

She was more than happy about the whole idea! 

Dressed in her Sunday best, with a bow; Daddy, Lucy and the diaper bag are off for an evening just the two of them!

"Bye Mom!!" 

Love a man with a diaper bag. amiright?

I think these moments are important now and will be in the future as well. I know it is something that will help to shape her self-confidence, identity and the type of man she one day seeks as a spouse. 

(You know, in like 30 years)

 The love of a father to his daughter is so unique and I can't wait to see the bond of these two grow as she grows. 

Excuse me while I stop since I can't see through the fog of tears in my eyes.