Payton is 12 weeks old today and since her birth Ry and I have referred to each other as Mommy and Daddy. Often times you’ll hear me tell Payton “Daddy loves it when you smile.” or “Daddy loves you.” Completely fine and normal, right?
Yes, until you get in the habit of referring to yourself as Daddy when Payton and Ry aren’t around. Case in point: This week I received a snazzy new 24” widescreen monitor at work. My first reaction?
“Daddy likes this. This makes Daddy very happy.”
Had Ry and Payton been around this would have been acceptable and even “cute”. Unfortunately they were not around which gave me a creep factor of 10 or 11. Thank God no other small children were around when those words were spoken.
