No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe changes and nothing will ever again seem exactly as it seemed before.
- Lafcadio Hearn
One hundred and eighty degrees.
The past fourteen years of our relationship have been turned around, flipped upside down, dumped into a blender, and thrown in fifty different directions. The last three and a half months have trumped all of those years. We don't know how we ever lived without these two precious men! I'll say it a million times...we definitely have been blessed with more than we deserve.
I tried to get Andy to write a post about his first Father's Day, but he wasn't having it. He said that he would spend three days erasing things and telling himself that he sounded stupid, and it just wasn't worth it. Awesomeballs! One day I WILL convince him to be a guest blogger. I'm sure that it would be entertaining to say the least!
Yeah, Andy...you read that right. Get to thinking.
I hope that I made his first Father's day special...I really, really tried! It's sooooo hard trying to buy things for a man. I definitely didn't want to get the generic wallet or tie...I wanted him to look back and remember this day.
I started out by cooking him breakfast in bed. I'm so creative....no joke. I made heart-shaped cowboy eggs, an entire plate of grease-slathered bacon, complete with a bowl of Reese's Pieces and Miller Light on the side. Man + Meat + Candy + Beer in the AM = Score.
We started out by making the boys their own stepping stones complete with footprints! This gift led up to Sunday, when I surprised him with two baby Japanese Maple trees. I thought that it would be so cool to watch these trees grow up with A & B! We had a planting party Sunday afternoon and placed the stepping stones in front of each boy's respective tree. If we ever move, I'm not leaving without having them transplanted.
I hope that Andy enjoyed his weekend...there is nothing like watching the joy on his face when he's with Boom Boom and Pow. I can't even begin to describe how it feels seeing this side of him. I'm so glad that I could finally give him the gift of fatherhood! He has been such a good father and I don't know what we would ever do without him. I can only pray that they will grow up to be just like their daddy...without the smell!
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| Cuddle time with daddy |
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| Love |
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| Being silly |
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| Heart shaped cowboy eggs |
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| Breakfast in Bed, complete with Reese's Pieces and washed down with a beer;) |
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| Telling secrets...shhh! |
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| Time to make our stepping stones! |
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| Messy stuff |
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| Putting our footprints on the stepping stones! |
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| More interested in the chandelier |
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| Baney's stepping stone |
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| Anderson's stepping stone |
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| Boom Boom and Pow left this message for Daddy:) |
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| Daddy, his boys, and their baby trees |
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| Who's yo daddy? |
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| Baby Japanese Maples and their stepping stones |
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| Can't wait to watch them grow with our babies! |
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| Can't forget hose time with the firstborn... |
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| Happy Father's Day Andy, finally! You deserve every minute of it! |
11 comments:
Soooo sweet! I have never heard of those kind of eggs....my hubby would LOVE those! Your boys sure do have a great daddy! LOVED the idea of planting trees!
Wow, you went all out!! I totally sucked at doing anything special for Charlie's first father's day, other than being DD while he got hammered with his own Dad. LOL. Oops. Maybe I'll do that breakfast in bed for him this weekend - he'd love it!
I LOVE this!! Reading this post made me smile! Happy Father's Day Andy! You are a wonderful daddy and you both deserve parenthood!! :) Love you guys!
Wow!!! What a GREAT job you did for Father's Day!! I had to chuckle about the Father's Day breakfast...so awesome!
Awww looks like the perfect first baby daddy day! :)
What a wonderful first baby daddy day! The eggs? Oh my goodness... hats of to you, its a sweet and thoughtful gesture =)
Sounds like a great father's day :) Love the photos, as usual!
Awesome post, so glad you are loving the boys! Looks like you had a great daddy day celebrating hubby. Isn't this an awesome stage full of lots of drool and smiles. Wish you lived closer so we could have a play date! Where did you get the stuff to make the stepping stone, I want to steal your idea!
Jessica, These blogs are so entertaining to read! We need to see you soon! Your babies are so precious!
Love you, Ronda
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!! This post is SO sweet and you did such a good job for Daddy's day!!! Love the trees and the stepping stones - so creative. I love all of the pictures, they are so stinkin' cute!!!!!!!!
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