best daddy

I was going through pictures in my phone and found this one of Jeff and Caimbree.  Caimbree is by far the biggest daddy's girl I have had and she has her daddy completely wrapped around her finger.  When he gets home she will run to the door with her arms stretched up for him and always wants to sit with him and cuddle.  He had a high fever a few days ago (don't worry, it's just influenza...again...and yes, we had the flu shot. Thankfully it doesn't seem to be nearly as horrendous as it was in January so far)...anyway, so he was laying on the couch and she went over and found him and snuggled up next to him.  She is the only baby I have had that will actively search for her daddy just to snuggle him and he can't get enough.

Jeff works so hard for all of us and I don't think we tell him enough how much we love him and appreciate him.  He leaves for work extra early just so he can get home at 5 instead of 6 so he has an extra hour with the girls. I know it's not easy waking up an hour earlier than you really need to.  He consistently puts our needs before his own and will do just about anything to put a smile on the faces of his girls.  He is also getting his MBA and it's not easy.  He works on it every night after the girls go to bed and stays up long after I go to bed.  It's going to be a rough two years, but I'm proud of him for trying to make sure he can always provide for us.  He makes sure he is at every important program, recital, open house, family activity, etc. even if it means working extra hours the next day or going in even earlier.  I don't know how he juggles everything on his plate.  No matter how tired he is, he tries to make the girls laugh and plays fun little games with them.  He is also patient when they are "helping" him with whatever project he is working on around the house and tries to teach them and explain how he is fixing or building something.  He constantly tells the girls how much he loves them and always encourages us to go do fun things together as a family.  We are all so incredibly lucky to have such an incredible man to love.  I think tomorrow we are going to let him sleep in extra late and hope his body can heal.  We love you, Jeff!