Happy Father's Day!

There are countless ways to write about what a great Dad Dave is, I won't go into all of them. But here are some of the ones that have really jumped out at me lately:

- He's fun. Dad's are fun. Mom's can be fun but it seems like it takes more effort than it does a Dad. Could it be argued that men are just naturally more childlike - sure. But the bonus to this phenomenon of nature is that Dave can sit down on the floor with Emmy with nothing but a matchbox car and a couple Legos and have tons of fun. Dave shows Emmy really cool bugs and they watch them and talk about them. I'm not doing that, bugs are icky. Dave not only will play in the sandbox with Emmy, he wants to. I'd rather read or weed the garden when we're outside.

- He always jumps on board the "latest thing" when it comes to Emmy. Right now we are working on the beginnings of potty training. If she pees for me, it's usually just a matter of hours before he'll make sure she repeats the performance for him.

- He can be guilted into anything when it comes to his little girl. This is not a quality that he shows in other aspects of his life (thankfully) but if he's running around and trying to get stuff done, or making phone calls for work, all it takes is one "Daddy, hold me" and he'll drop what he's doing without question. The guy has his priorities straight!

So Happy Father's Day. He's a darn good husband too. And there's a little baby boy in Guatemala who is going to blessed with an amazing father, playmate and buddy too someday.