Daddy's Little Girl

From the moment our little Aubrey was born, I knew she was going to be a Daddy's girl.  How did I know, you might ask?  Well, to begin with, she liked all of Daddy's physical features so much she decided to copy all of them.  Like most parents, when she was first placed in my arms at the hospital I was mesmerized, studying all her little features to see who she got what from.  Imagine my surprise as I began taking mental inventory and every single feature turned out to be Marc's.

Hair?  Daddy's.
Eyes?  Daddy's.
Nose?  Daddy's.
Ears?  Daddy's.
Fingernails?  Daddy's.
Build?  Daddy's.
And the list goes on and on - despite the fact that most of Marc's features are recessive so mine SHOULD have been more dominant.

During the first few weeks we had her home, the similarities between them became even more apparent.  For example, Daddy's little girl also inherited Daddy's not-so-little appetite.  In Marc's family, there literally is something called a "Marc size portion", which you would ask for anytime you really liked a dish.  I can already envision that among this generation of cousins there will soon be an "Aubrey size portion" in honor of our little chunker.  The one thing Aubrey did inherit from me, however, was the speed at which she eats - and this was not a good combination.  Those first few weeks she could (and did) literally eat for three hours straight at times, trying to satiate her ginormous appetite, while eating at the pace of a snail.  Eventually I had to start pumping bottles for her, just so she was forced to eat a little quicker and I could at least have a break between mealtimes.  


The similarities were all over the place - from faces she would make to little noises she would utter to little personality quirks.  I found myself using the phrase "just like daddy" about every other sentence.  I even took a picture of Marc holding Aubrey and they are both (unintentionally) making the same stink face.  I planned on posting it here as evidence, but Marc made me delete it ...




In the past few weeks, though, is when her loyalties have really started to come out.  Recently she has started smiling and cooing up a storm, it is really quite cute.  She'll smile and coo at me all through the day, but when Daddy comes home that's when she really pours on the charm.  She'll grin and grin at him and try so hard to talk to him.  Ten bucks says her first word will be "Daddy" ... and not just because Marc works so hard on it with her every chance he gets.  ;)

Further proof:  As I was getting ready to post this, I played this video to make sure it worked. Marc was at work and Aubrey was eating at the time, but the instant Aubrey heard Daddy's voice, she immediately stopped eating and got a huge grin on her face and started looking around for him.  I'd be offended at her obvious preference, but it is just so cute that I can't help but love them both all the more for it.