Disclaimer

I felt it best to put this little disclaimer on our blog to explain our last post. In it Jadyn runs around and is very excited to see her daddy come home. I promise daddy is just as excited to see her. However, as many have noticed and so kindly pointed out, I do not pick her up. There is a reason for this. Daddy just got off two different subway lines and a bus. Let's just say those two modes of transportation are basically moving germ warfare research labs. Honestly. Oh, they look clean and all, but it's what you can't see that's deadly. Many riders wear face masks like such:
Now, these girls are neither sick nor dying, but they are smart enough to know that their current health is due to the fact they wear those goofy masks on the subway. Daddy, on the other hand, can't stand not being able to breathe, possibly is a little too vain, and is known to suffer from an unhealthy sense of invincibility. As a result, daddy has had more colds in the last six months than he has had in his entire life. Now when daddy comes home, he is afraid to expose his precious little princess to all the super bugs and mutated cold germs he has been exposed to on the subway and bus for the past hour. As such, he typically waits until he washes his hands, or at the very least gives himself a good Purell bath before picking up his pure, clean, healthy little angel.

There are two other reasons why he doesn't immediately pick her up.

1: If he did, she would stop dancing and nobody would get to enjoy her mad dancing skills. When daddy gets home, she will run around, scream, dance, spin circles etc.; but the second he picks her up, her excitement is gone. She usually tolerates a few kisses before she gets bored of me and wants to be put down so she can go back to playing. So, if I picked her up, nobody would be able to enjoy those awesome videos.

2: I'm trying to set the habit and standard of greeting my wife with a hug and a kiss before the kids. I want them to know that in this life, she is number one. Oh, don't get me wrong, they will be a very close second, but when all is said and done, our relationship is the most important. Period.

After writing this post, we decided to show you the video in it's entirety. I do want to point out that at one point I do break down and break my own rule. I try to pick her up but she is not having it. At that point she thinks my bag is more interesting than me. Also, I didn't know I was going to be filmed so I was a little taken off guard and wasn't sure exactly how to act. At the time I was quick enough to guess this little clip would probably end up on a blog at one point so I didn't want to do anything to embarrass myself.

Now with this in mind, please enjoy the show.