

The father repeated to the baby, everything he used to tell her when she was still in the ᴡᴏᴍʙ and as soon as she recognized her father’s voice, the newborn smiled. Little Antonella ᴍᴇʟᴛᴇᴅ not only her father’s heart but the hearts of thousands of people when the photo of her million-dollar smile went ᴠɪʀᴀʟ.

Tarsila Rosa and Flávio Vilela were expecting their first child. Flávio was very excited about meeting his daughter and made it a point to talk to her every day. He would greet her every day in the morning and would also come back home for work and talk to his daughter about his day. Flávio always repeated that he loved her very much. He would sᴛʀᴏᴋᴇ ʜɪs ᴡɪFᴇ’s ʙᴇʟʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀssᴜʀᴇᴅ his daughter that he would be there for her always.

She was 3 months
On the day Antonella was delivered, the doctors handed over a sleepy baby to the couple. The baby was born at just over 3.125 kg and 49 cm (6.8 lbs and 19.2 inches.) “They put her on top of me sleeping and as soon as he spoke to her, Antonella opened her eyes and smiled,” she said


She was 6 months
He repeated to her, everything he used to tell her when she was still in the ᴡᴏᴍʙ and as soon as she recognized her father’s voice, the newborn smiled. Luckily, this precious moment was caught on camera and when it was ᴘᴏsᴛᴇᴅ ᴏɴ Iɴsᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ, ɪᴛ ɪɴsᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴠɪʀᴀʟ.
He repeated to her, everything he used to tell her when she was still in the ᴡᴏᴍʙ and as soon as she recognized her father’s voice, the newborn smiled. Luckily, this precious moment was caught on camera and when it was ᴘᴏsᴛᴇᴅ ᴏɴ Iɴsᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ, ɪᴛ ɪɴsᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴠɪʀᴀʟ.

She was 12 months
“I thought I knew what a feeling of true love was, until I looked at that most sincere smile in the world … it was [there] that I could be sure what love is,” Flávio said.
“I thought I knew what a feeling of true love was, until I looked at that most sincere smile in the world … it was [there] that I could be sure what love is,” Flávio said.

She was 2 years old
He described his love for her as something that could not be contained in his ᴄʜᴇsᴛ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ the baby’s mother Tarsila said that her daughter is a gift sent from Gᴏᴅ. As if to further prove that Antonella wasn’t already daddy’s little girl, she was born on Father’s Day in Brazil.
He described his love for her as something that could not be contained in his ᴄʜᴇsᴛ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ the baby’s mother Tarsila said that her daughter is a gift sent from Gᴏᴅ. As if to further prove that Antonella wasn’t already daddy’s little girl, she was born on Father’s Day in Brazil.