Is there a conversation you like to have over and over? When I was a little girl I would climb up in my mother’s lap and say “Let’s talk.” When she asked me what I wanted to talk about, I said “Gulf Shores.” We have always loved the beach and my favorite thing to do was to talk about all the things we would do and see once we got there. Hearing her tell me about those conversations has always been so sweet.
Now Ella has a favorite conversation. She’ll climb in my lap or Josh’s and say “Let’s talk about daddies.” This is the conversation that takes place.
Josh: Who is Ella’s daddy?
E: Josh
Josh: Who is Beemer’s daddy?
E: Daddy
Josh: Who is daddy’s daddy?
E: Cookie*
Josh: Who is mommy’s daddy?
E: Poppy*
Josh: Who is Kamin’s daddy?
E: Cory?
Josh: No
E: Poppy
Josh: Who is Molly’s {Jessica & Haley, too} daddy?
E: Heath
Josh: Who is Karson’s daddy {my favorite}?
E: Phillip
Josh: Who is Chaney’s daddy?
E: Chad
Josh: Who is Jared’s daddy?
E: Justin?
Josh: No
E: Jo-Jo
Josh: Who is Gran’s daddy?
E: Poppy?
Josh: No
E: Pop
Josh: Who is Alston’s daddy?
E: Patrick
Josh: Who is Bella’s daddy?
E: Bull-Bull
We’ve come to love this silly conversation, even though it is virtually identical every time we have it. Sometimes she gets confused and will ask a few questions. Sometimes she wants to ask us about the daddies and have us answer the questions. We love this conversation. Even in the middle of LOST!
* These were the first relationships she discovered included “daddies” and was extremely perplexed. Almost every time we saw Poppy she would look at me and say, “That’s you daddy?”
