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It's easy to have a child, the hard work comes with raising them. When we were married my husband and I thought we wanted at least two children, after we had our daughter we decided to keep our trio a trio. We realized how difficult it was being parents and decided that we'd just focus on being the best parent's we could possibly be on our daughter and her only. My husband doesn't always realize just how good of a job he's doing as a dad. He's the heavy in the family, when he barks an order our daughter jumps, it's a role he has taken but isn't that thrilled with. He's a big kid himself and would rather have fun than be serious and parental, but when he has to be that dad he does it and our daughter is far better for it.

I see the love she has for him when he comes home every night and she comes running from wherever she is and just tackles him and tries to squeeze the life out of him with a huge bear hug! She's his little biscuit and she loves that and him. You tell yourself from the time you're a kid “no way am I going to be like my parents when I have a kid!” 

But we do, and if we're lucky we had great parents that instilled wonderful values into us as kids and we can then pass those values along to our kids. We're lucky to have the parents we have and have a very healthy relationship with them. My husband jokes he's slowly turning into his father, but then he looks at himself and says that's not a bad thing because I turned out all right. I think we are doing a good job as parents.

It's not easy, no one ever said it would be and it takes special people to be parents. Anyone can make a baby but not everyone can be a parent. I see how my daughter looks up to her father, I see how respects him and loves him. She's a daddy's girl and he's very happy about it. She loves him because he's goofy, he loves going to toy stores, he's a pushover (to a point) with her, she's his little biscuit. You never realize that your kids are actually paying attention to what you're saying, mostly they sit there with a blank look on their face but they listen, they learn and you're usually surprised when you find out they actually pay attention. 

My husband doesn't pull punches with our daughter, he's completely honest with her and when she asks questions (and she asks a lot!) he's honest (sometimes blunt) but he lets her know what's going on. He wants her to realize from a young age that the decisions you make can change the rest of your life so make smart decisions.

We're worried about the job we're doing as parents, we're worried about if we're doing enough or doing things right. It's a tough job that comes with no pay and you learn on the fly. As I sit here and look at the little girl that is soon going to be a fifth grader I know we're doing a great job and we're excited to see how our little girl grows into a young woman. I'm proud to say that she's my daughter and that even with busy lives we need to take the time to just sit back and listen and watch to see just how good we're doing. 

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