Father's Day FUN!!!

What a great day we've had! :)

Since it is Father's Day, I wanted to post a picture of MY sweet daddy.

For the 13 years I had him here on earth, he was the most loving, kindhearted, and just plain silly/fun dad.

Since he died, Father's Day has always been kind of a sad holiday for me, so this year it was exciting to have something FUN to look forward to, and to start new traditions celebrating the newest, and most wonderful, DAD around! :)

We kicked it off by sleeping in, and some morning cuddle time with the whole fam!

Lovin' on Harley Girl...

Happy First Father's Day, Daddy!

Then we went to church, had lunch at McAlister's Deli, and grabbed some of these:

Since it was, after all, Father's Day (wink, wink)

LOVE!

Sweetest daddy and sweetest boy!

Then mommy was being silly doing the "daddy dance" around the house with Mills, hehe!

{harley joined in, too}

my little love bug

We enjoyed hanging around the house all afternoon and just talking/being lazy! Before dinner, Mills changed into his official first Father's Day getup

Nicholas got to choose "anything" to do for dinner, and he wanted me to cook "some sort of fish." So we had tilapia w/ pasta and squash.  We had dinner at our little pub table and Mills was the centerpiece, in his Bumbo. We figured since he was technically the reason for the celebration, it was only fitting!

Mills and I got Daddy a book (that came highly reviewed and recommended) about raising little boys to be Godly gentlemen (not that he'll have time to read it until after residency, but at some point!), some baby scrubs so the little guy can dress up just like daddy, and a compact-sized Doctor's Bible so that Nicholas can carry it in his coat pocket at work, and have it handy when he has a few spare moments or wants to pray with patients.

And before bed, we had a little fun with Daddy, too! We thought he was done (of course, this always happens) so we turned of the camera, but he ended up laughing hard core for about 5 more minutes. But I didn't want to stop playing and start filming! :)

I am so thankful to have such a wonderful husband, and amazing father to Mills.  He works so hard to take care of us, he never complains about anything, and he shows us he loves us each and every day. I really and truly hope Mills grows up to be just like him (okay, maybe he'll throw his dirty clothes in the hamper, but other than that...just like him)! :) Haha!
It's crazy to think that almost 6 months ago Nicholas was the guy who was content not to hold other people's babies (we're talking, GOOD FRIENDS here, ha), and now he scoops up babies like it's nothing, offers to give them bottles, plays with them - you name it! Although he had delivered babies before (scary.), that was about it, and he was awesome with kids a little bit older, but not comfortable with little tiny ones. My, how things change! :) Now he's a diaper-changing, bottle-feeding, baby-tickling MACHINE! :) I just love him!

PS - Mills would also like to give a (Grand)Father's Day shout out to Pappy and Philly!

Hope all of you had a wonderful day celebrating the dads in your life!