HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!

Today is my Daddy's ::cough cough:: birthday!!! I won't tell the world (or the few people that read my blog) how OLD you are Daddy :) A couple of weeks ago, I said that I could never sum-up Momma with pictures. I do not think I can sum-up Daddy with words, but I'm going to write some anyway :) 

My Daddy Is... 

A Go-Go Gadget Man

A Reader

A Provider

A Proud Father

One-of-two key players that make up my Support System

A Motivator

Complimentary

Everyone's favorite pilot... seriously, every crew member I have ever met that knows my daddy raves about how great he is to work with!

Honest, Responsible, Giving, Loving, Empathetic

The one I run to when I am sick

A Hard-Worker

A Proof-reader

A Bank (LOL)

MY PAPAS FRITAS

Things that remind me of my Daddy:

-Bob Carlisle's "Butterfly Kisses"

-The Eagles' "Hotel California" (my first concert?)

-Pizza Hut (we would go out for a date after Wednesday Night dance class. We have since moved on to dates at Red Robin and The Palm)

-Golf Carts (He always let me drive)

-The pool at Bluebeard's Castle in St. Thomas (He always played with me in the water)

-My tire air-pressure gauge (every time I see it I think one of two things, either "Daddy put that in my car for me to use. I probably should" OR "Daddy would be SO proud of me!! I am actually using this thing!!"

-Sunglasses (for three reasons... go with me on this one)

1. He used to say that when I was little, he would talk to me when he had his sunglasses on, and it seemed like I wasn't giving him my full attention... I was too busy looking at myself in his reflective "90s-style" sunglasses.

2. When I was little I would put on those SAME reflective sunglasses and be the drama-queen I am. He was an enabler of this behavior though, he would always say, "You're beautiful baby, you're beautiful."

3. Finally, my middle school drama-queen years were filled with an obsession of sliding my sunglasses to the edge of my nose and pretending that I was Audrey Hepburn. Once again, as an enabler, he would call me "Audrey." :)

Speaking of Miss Audrey, most of my Audrey Hepburn paraphernalia has been a gift from my Daddy. So, needless to say, whenever I see something new with Audrey on it, Daddy is the first one I think to tell. :)

Happy 58th (oops... I spilled the beans!) Birthday Daddy!! See you in three days!!

-e