The Best of Friends

2 Day Old Little Miss making Daddy her Best Friend

This week in The Gallery I’m highlighting Little Miss and all of the special friends in her life.  First and foremost, her Daddy.  Little Miss is our first (and so far, only) child.  My hubby always wanted to have a “Daddy’s Girl” and she most definitely is.  She adores him and will follow him around until the cows come home.  He adores her and will protect her until the end of time.  They are the Best of Friends.

Sinjin making friends with Little Miss

This is our black lab, Sinjin, now 13 years old.  Being flown over from America took years off him…having Little Miss in his life took a few more.  He does love her though.  She steps on him, sits on him, runs into him, feeds him “bikkies”, “fetches him” and loves him back.  He’s not much longer for this world but oh, how he’s been loved…

Grandad & Little Miss

Little Miss is the 6th grandchild for my inlaws.  They haven’t had a baby in their lives for a fair few years (the next youngest grandchild is 9 years old!) but they spend lots of time with her and look after her so carefully.  Grandad is a jokester and great fun…Little Miss thinks he’s the best!

Nanny, Grandad & Little Miss

And of course, there are grandparents across the pond…

Little Miss and Grandpa getting to know each other

My Dad, Grandpa to Little Miss, didn’t get to meet his grandaughter until she was nearly 6 months old as an ocean was between us.  We never have enough time together and I wish, every day that Grandpa and Nanna Janna were just around the corner.  But they aren’t so we treasure moments like these where Little Miss is getting to be friends with her Grandpa and Nanna.

Little Miss showing off for Grandma

My Mom adores her Little Miss…she gave her the nickname after all!  They share a love of olives and laughing.  Grandma was here for Little Miss’ second and third weeks on this planet and it was very special to see the bond that they developed.  Skype makes life easier and Little Miss knows that Grandma lives in “‘Sconsin” (Wisconsin for the rest of you).  She misses Grandma but loves to show off when we “see” her.

Best Mates

And now for Little Miss’ best mate.  They were born 3 days apart but we didn’t meet until the girls were about 3 months old.  Thanks to a Sure Start Children’s Centre Baby Music class, I met Little Miss’ best mate’s mummy and we became fast friends.  We found several other mummies and babies who all were born within two weeks of each other.  We were each other’s life lines for the first year.  I’m so grateful for the times we had together.  Some mummies went back to work and others drifted away but we’ve remained the best of friends with S and L.  I hope that the girls will always be friends…I’m so glad we still have each other.

The Best of Friends

Here’s my girl and me.  I know there will be times when she’s going to HATE me and I’ll be exasperated with her but I desperately hope that we will always be the best of friends.  We’re off to a pretty good start!

Once again, I have The Gallery to thank for this theme.  Tara Cain’s Gallery’s theme this week is:  FRIENDSHIP.  Thank you lovely Tara…