So this is Father's Day week here at South Side (well i guess everywhere else in the USA) and it seems like everyone is doing some sort of planning for the holiday in one way or another. This Sunday in our contemporary service we will be going through some scripture of the topic of daddy's. Well not really, actually we will be going through scripture about our real fathers, which is God. But it all got me to thinking about how much i love being a dad. A couple of things on this subject to share with you.
Gretchen had her 1 year old birthday party this past saturday, and it was alot of fun. She ate cake, opened presents (well Em did) and got to see alot of fun people. She was hillarious when observing all of these things, but the biggest highlight was last night, when she took her 1st 5 consecutive steps. I know some of your children walked earlier, and i guess still she isnt really "walking" but she is stepping, and for us that is huge. She spreads her arms out like a airplane and just kind of giggles and goes forwards, its great. so after she does this I call my mom and tell her and she is all excited and i put Gretchen to bed, this was about 7:30. Em actually went to bed too because she had alot going on all day and needed the rest. So we get her to bed and then about 8:30 i hear Gretchen crying. I go in to see what is going on ad she is wide awake.She threw her bottle against the door (as usual when she wants up) and she wasnt having this bed stuff. So for the 1st time in 1 year of her existence, i took her out of bed and we watched TV and played for almost 3 hours. It was a blast. We giggled and yelled and acted silly, i loved every second of it. Then she finally fell to her pillow by her toy box and she was ready to go to sleep.
The entire way to her bed she kept saying Daddy, Dad, Da, Daddy. Then she smiled and went to sleep for the night. I was so fun to just hang out with her late at night. Not because Em wasnt home and she needed to be watched and not because she needed anything, just because she was there and so was I. I just hope our relationship is always like that.
Until the next time
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