I should let you all in on a little secret, I am terrible at giving gifts. D is incredible, he’s so thoughtful, and always is able to surprise me with a gift that not only did I really want but I also didn’t expect. True to my nature D figured out what we got him for fathers day, sort of. We had a few tricks up our sleeve! The one gift he figured out was hair clippers. D gets his hair cut almost every 3 weeks, which is expensive but also, here, he just hasn’t found a good barber. Therefore, we are going to try our hand at hair clipping… wish me luck! The other gift was his house key back from our last trip. He hardly uses it but has been causing a big fuss about not having it and we got it back for him just in time to slip it into a card. We got him a card and BB colored him an AWESOME picture. The other gift is in the mail, it is something he will use all the time and he mentioned wanting one. I feel like this is always how I end up getting him gifts and they usually fail so I am crossing my fingers on this one!

Anyways, Fathers day really isn’t about gifts. Thank goodness! It’s about the amazing men that help bring up amazing humans in this world. I am going to give you a glimpse at just how lucky we are that D is BB’s father, and that I am married to such an incredible man and father.

D is the most selfless person I know, that is saying a lot (I think I know a lot of people)! He will do anything and everything he can for BB and I before even considering himself. He is often worrying about me and making sure I am taken care of when really he is the one that should be taken care of. D works so hard. He doesn’t say no. If you ask D to help you with something he will show up and give it 100% as long as you need. D is constantly going above and beyond at work, often without credit or even acknowledgement. Additionally, he works just as hard at home. As hard as D works, he plays 3x as hard! BB loved D with all her heart. She loves to have dance parties and things like bath time and brushing her teeth are things that can only be trusted to D because he makes them so much fun. Every time they spend alone time together she comes back a different kid. I cannot express how much I love watching him and BB play and interact. He has so much patience, which baffles me sometimes but he takes meltdowns and tantrums and can turn them around in seconds. He doesn’t react emotionally, instead he is rational and calm and always fixes the situation.

D is our constant, he’s our rock. In a house full of girls D has his hands full and he handles it all so very gracefully.

I thought I loved him when we were dating and first married but I had no idea how much having BB would change that. I love him in every form and manifestation of the word. I could not do any of this without him. He is our everything, and BB is so lucky to have such a genuine and honest man to be her example. I am confident in the future when she is looking for a spouse that D is going to set the bar really high and those poor boys are going to work really hard to even come close. (Even better for D as he is already worried about BB dating!!)

Words escape me when I try to describe just how great of a dad D is. He’s not perfect because that isn’t what we need but in all his imperfection he’s perfect for us ladies. I love him with every ounce of my being and BB loves him more than anything. He keeps up on our toes and keeps us laughing and dancing.

Thank you D for being the best example of a man I could hope for for our daughter, thank you for filling your role as dad seamlessly and stepping in every time I can’t handle it anymore (which is a lot lately). Thank you for working so hard and being so patient. I hope that these gifts and our time together helped you see a glimpse of just how much you mean to us! We love you!