Today was DH's first fathers day. We celebrated by heading to the beach and BBQing with friends and family. A great way to spend the day. For father's day DH got matching t-shirts with Kaua, sooo super cute! He also got a photo frame of the best picture of he and our son together and one of those clay hand mold thingies with Kaua's left hand print. Soooo super adorable, I might add! Let me tell you, getting a 6.5 month old to sit still so that you can make a hand print of him in clay is really hard. Luckily, I got it done on my SECOND try! After the first one was an uber failure (b/c all Kaua wants to do is grab things), i realized that it was time to use "the secret weapon." What is the secret weapon you might ask? --- BOOBIES! Oh yeah, I buss those bad boys out whenever I need to put Kaua to bed, or get him to calm down after his vaccinations, etc. So, in this case, I nursed that boy to keep him sitting still and while he was nursing, I pushed his hand into the clay.....I nursed him on my left boob, so hence I got his left hand print. lol.
So anyways, on our drive home from the beach, I asked DH how he felt on his first father's day, and surpringly (or maybe not), he said he felt pretty mellow. He enjoyed himself, but I dont think he was as excited or had those warm fuzzy feelings like how I did on mother's day. He said he thinks he'll feel more excited when Kaua is older and he can wish him happy father's day in person. Interesting how men and women are so different! I really felt the impact of mother's day this year, but I dont think DH felt it as much on father's day. I think it probably has a lot to do with my own personal battles with having mc's. Even though we both went through them, being that I had to personally experience them (and feel somewhat like a failure at doing something that should have come naturally to my body) I put a lot of expectations and pressure on myself to become a mom. Additionally, DH is a lot more of a mellow person than I am, so he doesn't get as emotional as I do. Anyways, DH enjoyed himself today and that's all that counts. Of course and so did kaua. He really enjoyed the beach and the water!
Ok and now for the funny memory: I was reading blogs from fellow bloggy friends and read a blog about a new mommy going through those first few weeks after birth when everything is pretty hectic and she was describing her middle of the night feedings and walking around the house topless half the time..... it reminded me of those times when I'd be doing a middle of the night feeding in bed, sitting up and holding Kaua, and I'd fall asleep holding him while he was nursing and then I'd wake up, somehow still miraculously holding him but with my boob hanging out and him sleeping peacefully in my arms. I always thought what I must look like to someone who just walks into the room - a half naked lady, with a boob hanging out, fast asleep sitting up in bed with a baby sleeping in her arms. lol. Total newborn mommy!
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