Daddy's Boy♥

Jared told me once that he can remember when he was little, running over to give his dad a hug as soon as he got home in the evenings.

Now it's his turn to get the hugs.

I'm sure all kids love their parents, but it is really so much fun to watch Holden whenever Jared's around. Holden absolutely adores Daddy. And he wants to do every single thing Daddy does.

Like, last night, Jared was lying on his back on the floor. So Holden got down off the couch and went over and laid down on his back on the floor right beside Daddy. Just little stuff like that. Every single day. Melts Mommy's heart.

But anyway, every night when Jared gets home from work, Holden lights up. We can usually hear Daddy coming in his Jeep, so Holden will climb up on the couch to watch for him. And as soon as he walks in the door, Holden runs over to be with him.

And Jared lets Holden "help" him with everything he can - riding mowing, watering the garden, washing cars, burning trash, and even sometimes when he's lifting - but some days when he does push mowing or something and Holden has to stay inside with Mommy, this is what I tend to see from the minute Daddy goes outside until he finally comes back in:

He plants himself on that couch and stares at
the garage - watching for Daddy

And gives me the play-by-play of everything he
sees/imagines is going on out there.

(I hear a lot of "Daddy, outside, lift, Indy, water,
Jeep, mow" on these days :) )

Daddy's Boy♥

(Actually as I was typing this Holden was sitting on my lap, pointing to the picture of Jared above the desk, and saying "Daddy" over and over. Oh, how he loves his Daddy.)