Joey Ford8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSlZyDRzLA 維尼
October 12, 20168964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1KRCUyiOX 維尼
Week 7: Journal 38964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡnw0gIE6FdT 維尼
My essay from last night was a little interesting. I bet Dr. Bryson's going to have a lot of fun with this one. Hey, she did say we can write about anything.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡqx6jnC0Eju 維尼
Anyway, I'm feeling TONS better today. Like TONS, TONS better. I know I already said that in the update last night, but I just need to make it clear again. Right now, I just got out of my art appreciation class and I'm actually feeling really pumped to write this journal. Where do I began?8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8DjoXPHUr 維尼
So you know how I said I needed to lie and take a nap yesterday? Well, I couldn't. I couldn't fall asleep. I tried to shut my eyes and not think about anything in order to make myself fall asleep, but I couldn't. After about an hour, I just gave up. I still had about two hours before Bunny got out of school. I thought about buying the groceries that I still needed, but I didn't really feel like it. I didn't really feel like doing anything. Except for one thing.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCQzIJzZwv 維尼
So, what did I do? I drove to Bunny's school. Yes, I actually did what I had the urge to do during class yesterday. I went to Mrs. Campbell's classroom and asked if I could see Bunny for a minute. The class was circled around Mrs. Campbell for some lesson and Bunny seemed to be in a happy mood. She was sitting next to Kaitlyn and Savannah with her beautiful smile on her face. Then she saw me.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vkzV382RY 維尼
And she excitingly ran over to the door and gave me a giant hug.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNufZgW06b 維尼
I completely broke down. We went out in the hallway and I gave Bunny one of the largest hugs I've given her in a while and I apologized nonstop for the things I said to her that morning. Then I started crying. I very rarely cry. Mainly because it's very hard for me to cry. But tears just started coming out like no tomorrow. I kept on telling Bunny that I was sorry and that I loved her so much. 8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡR64LPX7qYw 維尼
Bunny started wiping my tears and very sweetly said: "Daddy, please don't cry. I'm not mad at you. I still love you."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0PtHRYzZs 維尼
And then she kissed me on the cheek.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlAFKEZJWw 維尼
Bunny (still wiping off my face): "I love you so much. You're the best daddy ever."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLu8AS1evT 維尼
I smiled.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuFyDdN4Te 維尼
Me: "Thank you, Baby. I love you too."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQxf6kCPr9 維尼
Then me and Bunny just hugged each other tightly for the next several minutes. My heart well warmer and fuzzier than ever.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04hn5sXVep 維尼
No, Mr. Doherty, I'm never giving her up. Go to Hell. Go to freaking hell.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmsRgD8Esf 維尼
Me (after we were finished hugging): "I have a little surprise for you."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9trHb5jPMq 維尼
I pulled out three bows. A pink one, a red one, and a purple one. Bunny's face lit up.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxhH7IUGPf 維尼
Bunny: "Yeah! Thank you, Daddy! Thank you!"8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxi7z1aVpr 維尼
Me: "Which one do you want?"8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡenlUStQJzB 維尼
Bunny: "I'll take the pink one. Because my skirt is pink. And because it's my favorite color."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8CMQFztNg 維尼
Me (snickering): "Yeah, I know."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWCI0ESI6D 維尼
I clipped the bow in her hair and gave her another kiss.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NUi6PNPn7 維尼
Me: "I'll see you after school, Baby. Have a wonderful rest of the day."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2jqZhLJRZ 維尼
Bunny (smiling with her precious front-teethless smile): "Bye Daddy."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLcwionxUN 維尼
Then she went back to class.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZSLL3JDMr 維尼
For the record, Bunny's front teeth are still barely growing in. Taking a lot longer than I expected. Well, that's good. I want her to keep that cute front-teethless smile for as long as possible (though her smile is still beautiful even with her front teeth).8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCy0iogtf9 維尼
Needless to say, I felt great after that. I felt like I was on top of the world. I'm not kidding. The relief was freaking amazing.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvXzZXSIeC 維尼
Even though I knew Bunny wasn't angry with me, I still wanted to make the day extra special for her. After grabbing some lunch from Popeyes, I stopped at the store and grabbed the ingredients to make lasagna and green bean casserole. Then I bought a cute brown teddy bear. Oh man, I could hardly wait to see the excitement on her face.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFUuLJjHam 維尼
At the pickup, Bunny, once again happily ran into my arms, I picked her up and swung her around, and we hugged each other for the longest time. We both gave each other more kisses than I could even count. Then I carried her to the car and surprised her with the bear. Oh my god, she was so happy. My heart melted as she grabbed her new bear and hugged it so hard that it would have died from lack of oxygen if it had been alive (not to self: never surprise Bunny with a live animal). And everything just got better from there.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtPeAvDFEE 維尼
After I picked Bunny up, we grabbed some ice cream and then we went for a little walk around the block. Bunny once again rode on my shoulders the whole time. A little bit of her chocolate ice cream dripped on me, but I didn't care. I had napkins in my pocket.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3CPhP1FUG 維尼
And a woman once again stopped me to tell me how adorable Bunny was. Yesterday she was wearing one of her Frozen shirts (one with Anna and Elsa on the front) and an adorable pink skirt. Even though we were in a major rush that morning, her hair still looked beautiful and gorgeous. Especially with her pink bow now in. I said to the woman: "Thank you. Yep, that's my little princess."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ORL4Phuij 維尼
Bunny (while slurping on her ice cream): "My Daddy loves ice cream."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzXZK96bKT 維尼
The woman: "I see that."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwgcORyrD0 維尼
Me (snickering): "It needs to be cookies and cream though."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzhIO3OiC5 維尼
Around 4:30, we headed back over to the apartment. Bunny started dancing around the living room with her new teddy bear (which she named Peanut Butter) and then handed it to me.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9tOzKg9yV 維尼
Bunny: "Daddy, Peanut Butter wants to dance with you!"8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5opTh5UTbb 維尼
Me: "Of course I will."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFccPXfn8i 維尼
Bunny: "He's your best friend now."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOBNCB3Kxd 維尼
She sure gives me a lot of new friends. Especially "best" ones.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmNekZkwFB 維尼
After me and Peanut Butter danced for a little bit, me and Bunny had ourselves a crazy dance together, which ended with me grabbing her and giving her a belly raspberry. Oh man, I just love hearing my little girl laugh.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyAPyBMRJH 維尼
After that, Bunny wanted to paint each other's nails. I happily painted Bunny's fingernails and toenails pink while I got to spend the rest of the night wearing sky blue nail polish on my fingers and toes. Yippee! No really, yippee! I love it when my little Bunny makes me look pretty. 8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡrc2k2vHl9W 維尼
We spent the next while just sitting in her room and talking about her day at school as we let our nails dry. Then she flipped to goofy mode and started walking around the room on all fours.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ChuFMlIlZ 維尼
Me (laughing): "What are you doing?"8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHnsHGA4Z9 維尼
Bunny: "I'm a dog-cat! I'm a dat!"8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTdHq67NH8 維尼
Me (laughing even harder): "A what?"8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsisZQ9nzs 維尼
Bunny: "Bark! Meow! Bark! Meow! Bark! Meow!" Then she started licking her hand like a cat licking it's paw and then tried scratching her head like a dog (she instead just grabbed her foot and rubbed her face with it as best as she could). I just rolled my eyes and laughed while Bunny giggled nonstop.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6j5Ml9Bli 維尼
After the goofiness was over, I told Bunny what we would be having for dinner. Her face lit up like a Michael Bay movie. Holy crap, did I really just write that? That was awful. Ah, whatever.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQP7l0c378 維尼
Anyway, Bunny was pretty excited that we had what I like to call The Perfect Combination. Lasagna with green bean casserole. Our two favorite dinners mixed together. Bunny actually suggested this herself a while back. She called it "The Perfect Dinner." I personally like The Perfect Combination better, but that's just me.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVN48ioWpJ 維尼
Anyway, We each had ourselves about three big helpings of The Perfect Combination/Dinner. Bunny wanted even more after that, but I stopped her right there because I didn't want her getting sick. I haven't at all forgotten about the chicken nugget incident. For the record, Bunny hasn't been in the mood for chicken nuggets since. 8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgHnXN27mD 維尼
Though Bunny was a little disappointed that she didn't get another helping, she said: "Daddy, that was the best dinner ever. Thank you."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGGP8FoLgb 維尼
Me: "You're welcome, Sweetheart."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHAB2Vd0h8 維尼
Anyway, I put Bunny in the bath after dinner was over. Nothing really different happened there other than Bunny farting in the tub at one point and causing bubbles to appear and her to laugh like a hyena. What is it with this girl farting so much lately? Seriously? Who taught her that farting is funny? Not me, I swear.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡirOO0nbPEo 維尼
After Bunny's bath was over, the two of us walked over to the living room and we had ourselves another calm beautiful daddy-daughter dance with music playing. I just love how Bunny knows when to be serious. At one point, she closed her eyes and put her head on my stomach and put her arms around me. Just like a couple dancing beautifully together.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfe8WMbFs4 維尼
At one point, she looked at me and whispered: "I love you so much, Daddy."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡwALHWrElYH 維尼
Me (running my fingers through her gorgeous, freshly washed hair): "I love you too, Sweetheart."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡEm9JIqYCMF 維尼
The incident that happened yesterday morning was not brought up once the whole evening. Although after we were finished dancing, there was something I really wanted to ask her. Something I wanted to ask her since we got home.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyWlX3iXmQ 維尼
"Bunny, can I see all your drawings?"8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEPKLCD23f 維尼
I, of course, was referring to the drawings that she had drawn at the Bloomfields the previous day. You know, the ones that distracted her that morning and caused me to flip out on her. Yeah, I was still not done with my apology.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHuI6suXHa 維尼
Bunny looked at me with this strange look for a second, but she walked over to her room and grabbed all the drawings. I think there was about twenty of them total. 8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s3Wr00Ipw 維尼
Pictures of her and her friends, pictures of Elsa and Anna, a picture of Olaf, a picture of a butterfly and flowers, and...a picture of her and me. This one I stared at for about a minute. "Me" and "Daddy" was written right next to her drawings of what was supposed to be me and her. I have about a hundred of her drawings of me and her, but my heart still melts every time she shows me a new one. After I looked at the drawing for a moment, I looked at Bunny and said: "Good job, Baby."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHrOaxvaYM 維尼
Bunny didn't say anything back. She just leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. Then I put my arms around her and we hugged for a really long while.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnJsDqeZ6F 維尼
I'm pretty sure I put her to bed later than I normally do, but I don't care. I was still going to read her a story that night. And the story that night happened to be another one of her library books. And good lord, of all the children's books in the world, it had to be this one. Love You Forever.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDiJAQISHM 維尼
No...just, no.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHIwobazCF 維尼
My grandma read Love You Forever to me and my brothers several times when we were kids. And it made my grandma cry every single time. Yeah, I still remember. We would always walk up to her and give her giant hugs each time she read the book. And that's exactly what happened to me when I read it to Bunny. She had to give me a hug when I started crying. 8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6BmSX9Tct 維尼
Bunny (while she was hugging me): "Daddy, you're crying again."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaEEPjXWGy 維尼
Me: "Yeah, I know, Baby. This book is just so beautiful."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDND9D1FCm 維尼
Bunny: "I like it too."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡje0h6bruZk 維尼
I...have to say it. I can't help it. I have a few words to say to my little Bunny:8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSb52f1bUz 維尼
I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡXr501PAVNY 維尼
Crap, I'm crying again.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPRYNSRxcF 維尼
God, why the hell do I not have Love You Forever on Bunny's bookshelf? First chance I get, I'm buying it on Amazon. We need that in our library. We need to read it again.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ622jDKVkyW 維尼
Me and Bunny hugged each other for a really long time, we gave each other giant goodnight kisses, and then Bunny was off to bed. Then I remembered the depressing journal I had written earlier and I decided to update it. I just felt like I needed to.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZu4dllvFf 維尼
Tuesday was...a wonderful day. Forget how it started. Me and Bunny had a wonderful and beautiful evening together. And that's all that matters. 8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhTstolL6L 維尼
Which sadly won't be until next Tuesday. Well...the most I can do is think positive. Savor the moments during the day where I get to spend with my Bunny. This morning, I gave Bunny a braided ponytail, which came out perfectly. Boy, did she love it. After staring into the mirror with her beautiful smile for a moment, she turned to me and said: "My hair is so pretty! Thank you, Daddy!""8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWB5ShfzwD 維尼
Today Bunny wore her favorite unicorn shirt, bright pink leggings, and a bright pink bow in her hair to match her leggings. I will try my absolute hardest to make sure she goes to school with a bow in her hair from now on. As I dropped her off at school, she gave me a big hug and said: "I hope you have a great day, Daddy."8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68AeL0co1Z 維尼
I can hardly wait to see you in a few hours, Baby. I love you so much. I'll love you forever.8964 copyright protection483ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhjaYH5fbH 維尼
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