HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

Daddy always knows how to get a smile... BUBBLES!!!

Uncle Brandon is cool! Anna Claire always takes a few minutes to warm up to him, but after she does, he gets lots of love from her!

Papaw and Anna Claire reading a book together. This is a new book Gran and Papaw bought for Anna Claire. She liked the music it played!

My Dad had to leave and go to church early in the afternoon and Anna Claire did not want him to go. That is the most clingy we have ever seen her towards him. He ate it up! She must have known it was Father's Day and wanted to show him some extra attention. She cried when he left; I think my mom (Gran) was a little jealous!!!

Not too happy in this picture, but it was the best one I got of them together all day. Anna Claire has the best Daddy!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

This is the sweet little dress Aunt Judy brought Anna Claire yesterday and those are the pink polka dot shoes KayKay bought her. She looked beautiful, but that collar kept flipping up on her and bugging her. Again, she wouldn't stay still for a picture!

Hangin' with the boys...

Dancing and playing ball with Papaw!

Father's Day is really a day of thanksgiving for me. I have been blessed in my life to be surrounded by wonderful men and I am so thankful. That didn't quite come out the way I meant it to...

Let me start with my Dad. He's the kind of guy that calls up at 2:30 on a Thursday, just to say he has been thinking of me and to let me know I am the "apple of his eye." He prays for me every day and I feel the power of his (and my Mom's) prayer on any given bad day at work! He never meets a stranger, he is kind, generous, tenderhearted (cries over Sleepless in Seattle) and he's probably going to come after me for what I am writing in this blog!!! I am so very thankful for you, Daddy and the role model you are for me. I am thankful that Anna Claire has you as her Papaw.

A word about my brother, Brandon. Brandon is a cool kid. I guess he's not a kid anymore, but he will always be my kid brother. I realize he is not a Father, but I know that one day he will make such a great Dad. Brandon has this quality about him that I am so proud of; he is just a natural with children.

Thomas Samuel Berry is an incredible Father! Gary and Kay should be so proud to have raised such a strong, loving, and kind man. I think it speaks very highly of the father Gary has been because Samuel is the best Daddy any little girl could hope for. I have always loved him more than I knew it was possible to love someone, but when he became a Daddy, I started loving him for all new reasons. Anna Claire is completely a "Daddy's Girl" and she has Sam wrapped around her finger. I love to watch them play and laugh. I think they are each other's biggest fans! I thank God for my wonderful husband and the Daddy he is to our little girl. She is going to grow up knowing that her Daddy adores her and will always be there for her!

That's all the gushing I am going to do for now. I am going to go rejoin Sam and Anna Claire for the rest of the evening. Happy Father's Day!