D is for Dad

This Father's Day is the beginning of many new traditions.

I have been blessed with such a wonderful Daddy, that it is an extra blessing to have married one as well.

Every time I see H's face light up when Doug walks into a room or laugh at him being silly, my heart just swells. I love my baby boy so much and seeing him and D together makes me love them both even more.

I was so impressed this Father's Day. After many days of me hounding him about what he wanted to do, all D would give me was "pancakes". Well, of course that wouldn't fly. We ended up getting him his iPhone that he's been dying for (even though he teases me about being in love with my Blackberry). But for the actual day of, he would not give me any ideas....this is hard for me to not throw a big bash for those of you that know me well. He doesn't even like cards - because you just throw them away.

Once I thought on it, I really like the idea of making Father's Day just family time. We will start off with the requested pancakes. He'll find a Starbucks mug that you can write on. Since he doesn't like cards, each year H will write something new on it. Then family day at the pool maybe. For dinner we are having steaks and salad. Once H goes to bed, we'll have a beer and then I'm going to sleep in the spare room to give him the bed ALL TO HIMSELF.

Happy Dads Day D!