It must be love!
From the moment my then six year old son laid eyes on his brand new baby niece it has been love at first sight. He was able to come into the delivery room within minutes of her birth and see her on the warming table and kiss her head as his big sister held her daughter for the first time. He cried as he left the room, so moved by the emotions that he was feeling.
That evening, when we went back to the hospital after going home to change, Dakota got to hold Natalie for the first time and that tiny little girl opened up her eyes and gazed at her uncle and he was hooked, right there, forever. From that day forward she has been his focus. It was hard on him when, for the first two months of her life, she lived in North Carolina, but from the day she moved home in late July 2011, she has been his princess and he has been her brave and fearless knight. He has held her, rocked her and sang to her. He has fed her and whispered sweet nothings in her ear. He never tires of making her smile and laugh and he is like a proud father every time she does something new and hits a new milestone. He tells me about all the things he is going to do with her as she gets bigger and all the things he is going to teach her. I honestly thought that the infatuation would wear off, especially with us watching her ten hours a day, five days a week, but she still lights up when she sees him and he still makes her the focus of his day whenever she is here.
That evening, when we went back to the hospital after going home to change, Dakota got to hold Natalie for the first time and that tiny little girl opened up her eyes and gazed at her uncle and he was hooked, right there, forever. From that day forward she has been his focus. It was hard on him when, for the first two months of her life, she lived in North Carolina, but from the day she moved home in late July 2011, she has been his princess and he has been her brave and fearless knight. He has held her, rocked her and sang to her. He has fed her and whispered sweet nothings in her ear. He never tires of making her smile and laugh and he is like a proud father every time she does something new and hits a new milestone. He tells me about all the things he is going to do with her as she gets bigger and all the things he is going to teach her. I honestly thought that the infatuation would wear off, especially with us watching her ten hours a day, five days a week, but she still lights up when she sees him and he still makes her the focus of his day whenever she is here.
Today, six and a half months later, we went to a Christmas party together and Natalie has learned to "kiss", opening her mouth wide, drooling happily, and pulling the recipient close with both hands. I don't think I will ever forget the picture I have of them locked together, nose to nose, closer than close. She loves him and he loves her. It should be a wonderful life watching the two of them grow up together, side by side.
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