Superdad!

Gideon is a great dad. This father's day was his '2nd' father's day, but it was really the first that we've celebrated. Last year, Joaquin was less than 2 weeks old when father's day rolled around...we weren't even bringing him out of the house yet. Gid ended up doing sprinkler work that day. I even had this bib that said something like "I love my daddy" ...and I forgot I had it and it didn't end up on Joaquin the day of.

This year, Gideon made my first mother's day so wonderful. He woke up early in the morning and got all the fixins for my favorite breakfast. In the afternoon, we had a gourmet picnic that he prepared and then went to Huntington Gardens. My mom had fixed up the backyard as well and Joaquin gave me a flower from the garden. It was such a lovely day and I wanted to make sure Gid had a day like that as well.

So on Sunday, Joaquin and I gave Gideon a book about Daddy's tools and some fancy shaving things. Joaquin gave daddy the book just like he gave me the flower, it was very sweet. Then we went to the grocery store and got all the fixins for a gourmet lunch picnic and a steak and lobster dinner. We headed to the Skirball then for their comic book exhibition. Nap time ran a little late, so we never got to the picnic, but the exhibition was quite fun and we had the unexpected bonus of hitting the Noah's Ark exhibition...artist sculptures using recycled materials to depict the ark plus interactive kid's parts galore. So well done! Joaquin liked driving the bat mobile and then had a ball in the ark...we will definitely be back! We went home for an early dinner and toast to Joaquin's superdad.

Here's one of my favorite stories from the day and it illustrates what a 'dad' Gid has become...the day before was a little rough. I wasn't feeling well and Joaquin had a little anxiety attack coming back from Bakersfield. That means that the morning of Father's Day, after he got his presents, dad had to clean the poo out of the bathtub and the vomit from the car. Then our blender broke and Gid found a way to blend anyway so we could have our smoothies because, as he said, "That's what I do. I fix things." Got to love a dad that fixes things. Isn't that what daddies should do? I love you babe...you are a great father and Joaquin and I are lucky to have you!