double double

i give andrew a hard time about never surprising me, but truth is i'm no better.  i tried really hard this year, because june 17th was both andrew's birthday and first father's day!! talk about pressure.  

i won't go into details, but i kind of botched the weekend...although i did think the actual day-of was pretty good.

i let andrew sleep in (til almost 10am!!) and tiptoed around, keeping avery fed and asleep so he wouldn't wake up.  he woke up to hot waffles and bacon with the works for breakfast.  i had his gifts all wrapped and sitting on the table with confetti around them (i think only i enjoyed this detail...ha)  when he got up, avery was making noise, so i asked him to go get her.  i think he was kind of confused, like "why are you telling me what to do first thing on my birthday?" but he did it anyway, and then found this cute girl....

(this was after the fact, when she had already drooled all the washable marker into a smear on the onesie) but the front said "happy 27th birthday dad!!" and the back said "...and happy father's day dad!"  anyway, it was cute.

and i have to say, avery does have one of the best dads around.  he loves this little girl more than anything (i have to fight to get face time with him, ha) and takes such good care of her. a lot of the time he teaches me ways to keep her happy or get her to sleep, etc. don't know where he gets it, but he's got the touch.  when she's sad, he will often step in and won't let me take her, because he "doesn't want me to be the only one able to soothe her".  he is very involved and i never have to encourage him to put in the time with her. she's a lucky girl to have him.

 i should say we both are. he is the my best friend and partner...actually he is like the conscience i don't have...tries to help me eat healthy (this doesn't work...but he does his best) and keeps me on a cleaning schedule ha ha.  some of our friends joke that he is more of the wife than i am.  he definitely diffuses his fair share of breakdowns and freak outs.  i just tell him that i'm only 22 so hopefully i'll grow out of all these shortcomings and can someday handle the house full of kids that i eventually want. ha ha.

anyway...like the onesie says, happy birthday AND father's day, andrew!