Below Deck Sailing Yacht’s Dani Soares has definitely settled into life as a mom to her daughter, Lilly. The former stew has been sharing sweet updates and photos of her little girl and revealing a bit about what her life is like today.

One photo featured the little girl dressed up in shades of pink, wearing a high ponytail and sitting in front of a flower mural. “My favourite flowers,” Dani captioned the adorable moment of her 14-month-old daughter. “My number one priority always! Only a real parent understands that life is not about you anymore, it’s about the life you made and brought into this world and everything you do is for her.”

Dani also posted a video of her little girl walking around and captioned it, “The world is yours.”

Another set of photos featured the tyke posing and showing off her teeth. “Getting into her toddler years... Where has time gone?!” Dani wrote. “It really is true: the days are long but the years are short. I know it has only been [one] year for me but it has flown by but at the same time there were days that I thought would never end. It gets better... it’s still hard but in a different way. Now I have a little person with a strong Latina personality who knows what she wants.”

This week the Below Deck Sailing Yacht alum also shared one more photo to her Instagram Stories that is sure to put a smile on your face.

Dani, who according to her Instagram bio is now a nursing student, welcomed her daughter in May 2021. It was later confirmed that Jean-Luc Cerza-Lanaux, who also appeared on Season 2 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht, serving as a deckhand on the crew, is the little girl’s father.

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