Six!
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Today is my last day being dad to a 5 year old as tomorrow sees Harvey rocks into being six. I’m a little sad if the truth be told.
If you ask any parent what age did they most enjoy their kids being, you will get lots of different responses; the baby years, the teens, 7-10. Everyone has their favourite for all sorts of personal reasons.
I know that Harvey and I have lots of amazing years ahead of us and they are full of possibilities and new depths of friendship. But that said I will miss elements of his early years that can never be revisited. Here then, as a tribute to “Harvey the early years” is my list of things I miss already.
- The slat-slat sound of his tiny feet on our wooden floors when he was learning to walk
- The way he would tilt his head, dribble and smile when I fed him every Sunday morning
- His bath-routine and tickles with the baby powered
- The feeling of his breath as he clung on tight around my neck and snuggled in
- Rocking him to sleep in my arms
- The sound of his little boy giggle
- His innocence
These early years will forever be summed up in one single image and so today I thought I’d share this image with you. They say that a picture paint a thousand words and for me this image captures all that I love and prize about the last 1826 days of my life.
