I will start with a few odd facts about Steve:
1. Steve absolutely HATES getting wet if it wasn’t by his choice. Sort of like a mad feline dunked in a bucket of water he comes out with his claws/fists drawn ready for war. I should clarify though that I am not talking about dunking Steve in a bucket of water; all it takes is a flick of a wet finger in Steve’s general direction to rouse this reaction. Never get Steve wet.
2. Steve fidgets. He fidgets like a crystal meth addict coming down off a week high. Okay, so not even nearly that badly, but still pretty bad. The one fidgety thing he does that drives me the craziest is he likes to pull on his beard over and over and over and over again. I swear I can hear him doing it two rooms away.
3. Steve sings silly little songs he makes up constantly. I do believe this is some kind of genetic thing because I think his sister does it too. He has done it ever since I have known him. Say he is changing a diaper and Morgan is being grumpy, the song will go something like this, “Gruuuumpy Pants, Gruuumpy Pants, Who is the grumpiest grumpy pants.” Repeat. Say Musashi (our littlest Maltese) decides to lay on Steve’s stomach and block the TV while we are watching and demands attention. Steve will pick Mu up, stand him on two legs while holding his top two legs stretched out and make him dance while he sings this exact song, “It’s the Muuu Show, Starring him!, He’s MU!” Repeat. (Steve really will do this on request now since it makes me happy and Musashi doesn’t seem to mind so much. There is also the drunken sailor dance he makes Mu do as well, but I won’t get into that here.)
Steve is an incredibly loving, devoted, forgiving, and supportive beyond words husband. The amount of things he does for me is actually pretty ridiculous and I may seem to take it for granted but truly I don’t. I do need to express my appreciation more to him though. I will share a few of those things he does for me so willingly. Certainly some he really shouldn’t do but does anyway.
1. When I was pregnant with Morgan (and currently) he would/will go to the store any hour of the night or day to get me my latest food craving or desire. I think that’s pretty cool since I have heard some men actually don’t do this! Shame on them!
2. Steve will rub lotion into my dry feet pretty much anytime I ask him to.
3. When my back was reallllly bad back in the day and I just had to wear those knee high lace up boots he would actually put them on for me everyday and take them off. Eventually I did get a pair with zippers.
4. Steve will draw me bubble baths upon request. He will clean out the tub “Reede” style and light candles when desired. He even will play bath side therapist and sit in the bathroom for lengthy periods listening to me stress out. He somehow manages to extinguish most any worry I can come up with, with his incredible ability to verbally comfort and his rational way of thought.
5. He believes in me more than I believe in myself. He tells me how amazing I am when all I feel is the complete opposite. He makes me feel like I can accomplish anything when I feel like giving up. He constantly bombards my negativity with his barrage of optimism and positive counterpoints. He loves me.
6. This list is virtually endless so I will leave it at just these. Plus they get more embarrassing as I think of them.
And now to honor Steve’s first official Father’s day I must tell you how lucky Morgan and I are to have him in our lives and how lucky our little girl is as well. As my mom put it best, “He is one man you can leave that baby with and completely go off and relax knowing that he will take care of that baby better than any mom out there.” Steve is an amazing father. Steve is a doting father. Steve is a proud father. Steve sets a high bar for parenthood and keeps me reaching to be better.
1. Since we brought Morgan home from the hospital he has been up at night for pretty much every single feeding.
2. He gets up EVERY morning at 5am or so to give Morgan his first bottle of the day. I should mention here that this bottle comes with the routine diaper change and of course a morning song he made up which he has sung for Morgan almost every morning since he was born... I will leave this one to your imagination.
3. Steve under barely to any direction from me can go into that kitchen and whip up a healthy homemade vegetarian baby food concoction like no one else!
4. After getting home from a 10 -12 hour day of work and facing very little time to get all his school work done he will still take over with Morgan so that I can get a break.
5. He can make Morgan laugh the hardest.
6. I hear constantly how babies will shy away from their dads who work full-time and cling to their mom when the dads get home. When Steve gets home I become chopped liver in Morgan’s mind all he wants is his dad. He gets so excited to see Steve it almost makes me feel a little jealous. I believe this reaction stems from the amazing part Steve plays in his life and how engaged Steve is with him.
7. Steve is a hard worker and supports our family so that I can stay home and care for Morgan. Daycare just really isn’t an option for our family right now. Not only does he support us by working he also is going to school for business and a law degree at the same time. There really is nothing more attractive than a hard working man. He really deserves a medal.
8. Steve is a gentle, caring, loving, soft teddy bear jungle gym of a father to Morgan. Even when Morgan is tugging on his beard and hitting Steve’s face as hard as his little baby hands can, Steve just smiles and laughs.
9. As I am sure you have realized by now, but I must state anyway, Steve is not afraid to be silly. Steve will sing, dance, play, and act like a complete dork for the sake of entertaining our son. And this is not just at home (unfortunately) he takes these antics anywhere we go like the grocery store for example. He will fly Morgan through the produce aisles and sing silly songs embarrassing me to no end!
10. Steve deserves some credit for putting up with my crazy antics as well. We bump heads on a few things. I am seriously over-protective of Morgan. Well, I don’t think so but Steve does and even though he disagrees with me on some things he typically respects my craziness and goes along with it for the most part to make me feel better. That’s just the kind of guy he is!
All of this is meant to say Happy Father’s day to my Steve and to sincerely thank him for all that he does and all that he is. I love you.
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