Happy Father's Day 2010

When making our original Father's Day plans, I wanted to spend half the day with just the three of us and then half the day with Papa and Ngoai. We had decided to spend the morning up here and then head down to League City later in the day after Drew's nap. But Daddy wisely remembered that beach goers would cause major traffic havoc on I-45 so we decided to drive down a little earlier. So, after Daddy opened his presents of dress shirts that Andrew helped to pick out (Daddy can never have enough dress shirts, right?!) and cards, we got our things ready to go down to League City. We stopped at one of our favorite little places and got breakfast tacos to go. As we waited, we picked out some goodies from the bakery. Love it! There was no traffic thankfully!!

Andrew said he wanted to go to the pool and since we are trying to get him more comfortable with the water, we obliged. Papa's gout was acting up and his foot was quite swollen. Papa wanted to relax at home for a little while, so just the four of us headed to the pool. Andrew quickly stepped into the pool with no hesitation and even got down on the second step of the big pool, which he was hesitant to do the last time we were there. Hooray!

Aunt Monica was having a Father's Day lunch with her parents and had them drop her off at the pool so she could spend the afternoon with us. Andrew enjoyed having her there with us and played with her on the steps. We had already been there over an hour and Andrew had gotten more than plenty of sun, so we headed back to Ngoai's and Papa's house.

Later, Andrew and Daddy both also got hair cuts and to wash off a little before his bath (and to have a little fun), we let Andrew run through the sprinklers. He had been asking for it several times since the last saying "water outside". Drew so loves the sprinklers now. It's funny how scared he was at first and how fast he's gotten over that fear. Afterwards, we just hung out the rest of the day around the house playing with Andrew and watching soccer, of course. After all, it was Father's Day so Daddy and Papa got to do what they wanted to and that was to watch the World Cup!

Ngoai cooked two delicious meals for Papa and James. Mommy helped as much as she could with cooking, but let's be honest, Ngoai did the bulk of the work!! We tried to think of the things that both of them love and came up with goi, which is like Vietnamese salad sometimes with chicken or shrimp and fish sauce. Then for dinner, we made eggrolls. So delicious!!! Ngoai's eggrolls are so so good! I could eat them all day!!

After dinner, we drove Aunt Monica home so we could visit Mr. and Mrs. Khatri. Andrew was so curious looking at everything in their house. He played with all their magnets on their refrigerators and whatever else he could get his hands on that weren't breakable!! He was shy at first, but came around after a little bit. It was good to get to visit with them. And they hadn't seen Andrew in ages.

We finally made our way home. It was a great day with some of my favorite guys. To my own dad, thank you for everything you have given to us and our family. You never cease to amaze me with your love and adoration of Andrew. And he totally loves and adores you too!! To all the other fathers in our lives including Granddad and all our uncles and all the dads of our friends, may you all have a wonderful day!! The world is a much better place with you gentlemen! We love you!

To the father of my son, James, I love you so much!! You are just the best father to our son. I love how you love him. I love how you miss him every day you go to work. I love how you play with him, read to him, are silly with him among other things. I love how he idolizes you. The two of you are my world and I am so grateful to have you both in my life. Thank you for making it all possible.