I've spoken before about the fact that my own 'Dad' left when I was 3 months old, just before Christmas, leaving my Mum the hard job of raising me alone. And I've also spoken about how utterly unexplainably happy it makes me to watch Ethan and his Dad together, because of this.
They have this unbreakable bond that melts my heart. There's so much I could never take for granted.. like the fact that Ethan gets to spend so much time with his Dad and the fact that he really does have the best Daddy in the world - one who would do quite literally anything for him.
Adam understands to a degree how much seeing them together fills my heart and why it sometimes brings tears of happiness to my eyes, but I don't think he could truly ever completely understand how much of a wonderful Father I think he is.
Ethan thinks the world of his Daddy and he loves nothing more than trying to be just like him - doing the same things and 'helping'. Whenever Daddy cuts the grass - out comes Ethan's little lawnmower (that he refuses to let us open properly so that he can use it the way it should be - he's stubborn like that!). Whenever Daddy gets his tools out, so too does Ethan, rushing to find his little tool play set and then using his plastic screwdrivers to 'help' his Daddy with the DIY.
One of Ethan's favorite things to do at the moment with his Dad is the hoovering.. it's such a simple thing and one us adults think of as nothing more than just another job on the list of tedious housework that needs doing, but to my little boy it's an opportunity to be like his Dad. He genuinely gets upset if either of us go to hoover without him. (Sadly, however, the bottom of his little hoover snapped off today.. Ethan's really sad about it and I think we're going to need to replace it pretty pronto!).
I think that anyone who is a parent will be able to understand just how utterly amazing it is to watch your child/children learn from the other parent, how lovely it is to see them snuggled up together and how content it makes you feel to see and feel how much adoration your child has not only for you but for their other parent too. But I do think that when you've grown up without both parents in your life, and then you become a parent yourself, watching your partner and your child together is something that hits you in a place inside so hard that you almost feel like you're dreaming.
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