Dear Ilysha,
I got to see you again today :')
Mummy turned up at 09:35 with you and her sister Steph - Daddy was already waiting impatiently after not seeing you for 20 days again! Mummy sat across the other side of the room with you, and ignored Daddy which confused him, so he came across to say hello. Mummy told Daddy to go away before he even made it halfway across the room - so he returned to the other side and sat back down. Daddy thought Mummy had been trying to be civil for your sake, but it seems Mummy doesn't love you enough to even be reasonable with Daddy. She'd rather you be in an uncomfortable atmosphere for some reason.
Daddy could hear you babbling to yourself as Mummy fed you your breakfast, and he couldn't help but smile, calm in the knowledge you'd be in his arms again soon :') - we went into the Contact Centre at 10am, Daddy was talking to you and pulling faces making you giggle whilst we waited to sign in. Mummy advised the staff she was leaving for an hour, Daddy was smiling uncontrollably at this point! I scooped you out of the buggy and carried you into the play area, not even looking back once to see your Mummy leave :')
Daddy thinks Mummy was hoping you'd cry and get upset with her not being there, and that she'd have to be called back and make Daddy look incapable of looking after you on his own - after all you don't know Daddy much yet, Mummy has kept us apart. I half expected you to be a bit upset, but you didn't cry once whilst she was gone to be fair you seemed to forget she even existed!
The first thing I did was cuddle you, and kiss you LOTS! I was so happy just to have you back with me once more. You looked at me with those big blue inquisitive eyes, but smiled back at me showing you weren't afraid. I took your bib off as you kept tugging at it - I checked what I'd suspected and saw you'd cut your first tooth! :') - you were drooling everywhere! hehe :P
I sat you on the floor with some toys and took advantage of the fact we were alone for a change! I always feel more comfortable when it's just me and you without Mummy - she supervises me like I can't be trusted and that just makes Daddy feel awkward! I took a few cheeky photos and a little video - Daddy isn't supposed to do that due to other children's privacy, but he was desperate to have some photos with his little Princess so he took the risk!
Daddy took your coat off since the Contact Centre was warm anyway, and I'd prefer to feel your skin against mine. We sat playing with all the different toys - the old favourites like the playmat, and the balls. I brought you a present along this week - a little pink bear that played music and had lights on it - you giggled whenever I played the music, kicking enthusiastically and babbling along :') - Daddy had spent the last few weeks looking up activities you would enjoy :) I lay you on the playmat and played peekaboo and you'd look around confused whenever I hid, but giggle uncontrollably whenever I reappeared! I would hide the pink bear and play the music and you'd search for it, lifting up the mat until you found it! Such a clever little girl :)
I was lifting you up and giving you eskimo kisses whilst you smiled and laughed, then I blew raspberrys on your tummy and you laughed all the more! You started blowing bubbles, making Daddy laugh, and I'd do them back at you whilst you giggled at how silly I was hehe :) - I'd read you'd like being destructive at this age, and learning to understand that you could affect things around you - so I stacked up blocks and you kept knocking them down! That seemed to amuse you! I found an orange ball that kept your attention, you'd pass it from one hand to the next studying it and examining it! :)
Mummy returned after an hour and Steph came in too which Daddy wasn't very happy about. At first you looked like you were going to cry when you saw her - Daddy had read that you might get upset out of relief but I calmed you instantly. Mummy and Steph sat talking to each other saying you were looking bored, but you seemed fine to me and were still giggling and playing happily. I asked Mummy why Steph was in with us, and Mummy lied and told Daddy that she was allowed. I later found out that she wasn't supposed to have come inside at all. I think they were just trying to make Daddy uncomfortable so I picked you up and carried you away from them so we could enjoy our precious time together.
You were fascinated by the lights again, and with the sun being out, it shone brightly through a skylight holding your attention. I flew you around and danced with you whilst you smiled and giggled, Daddy's little Princess. I took you around to sit on a pile of beanbags and passed you a skittle which you proceeded to suck and dribble all over hehe - I set the remaining skittles up around you and you kicked out knocking them down every time I did! There was a book that played sounds that you liked and we walked around playing the music whilst you cuddled me smiling :)
There was a different playmat that caught your attention so I lay you down beneath it and you began to suck all the hanging toys! There was a clear plastic ring with little balls inside that rattled, and you were obsessed with it! I lay beside you on the floor and watched as you wiggled and played with the toys. I could happily watch you play for hours, just appreciating how perfect you are :')
I sat down with you on my knee and was bouncing you up and down whilst you giggled, and then Mummy said she wanted to change your nappy quickly before our time was up. I gave you a kiss and told you I loved you, then passed you to your Mummy. She changed your nappy then Steph put you in your pram without either of them saying a single word to Daddy. I cleared up some of the toys we'd been playing with, and then Mummy, Steph and you all left the room. I walked after you and Mummy signed us out. We left the building in silence, and Daddy said goodbye outside but didn't get a reply; he didn't mind that much though, because he'd just got to spend another brilliant 2hrs with his Princess <3
Daddy loves you Ilysha, much more than any words he could ever use would explain. And already, he's counting down again until the next time he gets to see you, hold you and kiss you.
I love you my perfect little Princess.
Daddy x x x
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