{"id":1498,"date":"2013-06-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2013-06-16T08:55:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T11:25:18","slug":"happy-daddy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/2013\/06\/16\/happy-daddy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Daddy Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Father&#8217;s Day and for <a title=\"Matt's blog\" href=\"http:\/\/matthewmiddleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt<\/a>, it&#8217;s his first Father&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 176px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Daddy's little girl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26814432@N07\/5853857296\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Daddy's little girl\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2780\/5853857296_1ba4c2a99c.jpg\" width=\"166\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Being silly at the 2011 Trek for Tourette<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While it feels so natural to be a parent, I still have those moments of, <em>&#8220;H<\/em><em>oly crap! We had\u00a0 baby! We&#8217;re parents!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Matt is an amazing dad and Missy Moo is very lucky to have him. I know from experience how awesome it is to have a great dad. As I mentioned on <a title=\"Mother's Day 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/2013\/05\/12\/mothers-day-mommy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mother&#8217;s Day<\/a>, my mom and I are very close. I&#8217;m also very close to my dad. Not only is he my dad, but he&#8217;s also an important friend, a confidant, a role model, some to discuss career decisions and choices, my handy-man adviser, a personal <a title=\"MacGyver\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MacGyver\" target=\"_blank\">MacGyver<\/a>, and often a partner in crime when it comes to being silly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1500\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/579124_10151549461895145_1592123981_n.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1500\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1500  \" alt=\"Dad with a welcome sign in Japanese.\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/579124_10151549461895145_1592123981_n-300x225.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/579124_10151549461895145_1592123981_n-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/579124_10151549461895145_1592123981_n.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dad with a welcome sign in Japanese waiting for Matt and I to return from Japan.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So thanks for being awesome Dad! I know that someday <strong>my<\/strong> daughter will be saying the same thing to <strong>her <\/strong>father (and telling her poppy he&#8217;s awesome too of course).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Missy Moo would like to wish her daddy, poppy, grandpa and uncles Keith and Colin and all the other dads, grandfathers and uncles out there a very special day!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1408\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wpid-20130504_205124.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1408\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1408 \" alt=\"&quot;Daddy and I being silly on Star Wars Day (May the Fourth).&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wpid-20130504_205124.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wpid-20130504_205124.jpg 375w, http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wpid-20130504_205124-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Daddy and I being silly on Star Wars Day&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Matt, Dad &amp; Poppy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26814432@N07\/5856020337\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" \" alt=\"Matt, Dad &amp; Poppy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5232\/5856020337_c6e10ca39e.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">My husband, my father, and my poppy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Father&#8217;s Day and for Matt, it&#8217;s his first Father&#8217;s Day! 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