How was your Father's Day?

LaNorte · June 2014

Did you spoil your SO? Make a cute craft with the kid(s)? Totally blow it off because he bailed on Mother's Day? DH got a case of craft beer and a free pass from all diapers and dish washing for the day. Just what he wanted

ambarnett1 · June 2014

DH got a t-shirt, footprint ornament, and shutterfly card. I woke up with LO and let him sleep in a few hours while I made him blueberry muffins. Then we went on a picnic and hike with his parents and sisters. Of course, I had baby duty all day (per the usual). I did way better then he did on mother's day.

Yogini6911 · June 2014

DH had to work today but DS and I went to my parents' house for dinner.

I probably pissed my ILs off because yesterday MIL said that she was going to be making food in the crock pot and it was going to be casual...but she scheduled it for the same time that I was going to my parents' house today. I thought about trying to visit both places but we saw the ILs last night at a party and MIL held DS almost the entire time we were there. So I just stayed at my parents' house with DS.

katy4128 · June 2014

We spent the day at the ball park watching the CWS. No other place my DH would have rather been on his first father's da with his son!

kseccomb17 · June 2014

We went fishing with DD. We had his friends over for dinner and now he's out on a drive with both kids, because he's so excited to drive now. Wonderful day overall. I picked a winner

rockstarlaw · June 2014

Father's Day was good because, you know, I was in charge vs. SO who completely dropped the ball on Mother's Day. Sigh.

We went to his favorite place for bagels for breakfast, baby & I gave him a shutterfly personalized coffee mug & a "daddy and me" photo album that made him cry (he never cries). We then went to his parents' for lunch and out to dinner at his favorite Indian restaurant.

janice9821 · June 2014

DH got car washing stuff for his new car and a frame for the pictures of DD he has at work. We had beer and BBQ and he took a long nap. I think I'll call it a success.

lcr23 · June 2014

Great day today! It was our daughters baptism

I still owe DH his favorite meal. I got him a keychain with our daughters picture which was good timing since he's getting a new car in the next week or so

Mamamonzo · June 2014

Awesome day! Breakfast in bed for daddy then he opened his "tub of love" basket which had lots of pictures, a salt dough hand print, a book for him to read to Lucas, and some other goodies he wanted. No dishes or diapers for daddy. I also took the trash to the curb!

pbandjmom · June 2014

We went for a nice walk downtown after church, and got him a "Twisty Baby" Black Locust tree for our back yard

Michellelasenburg · June 2014

@Katy0525‌ are you an Omaha native or just visiting for CWS? I live in Bellevue

Elf2718 · June 2014

We had Cinnabon for breakfast, which SO loves...went to zoo with friends and kids, stopped by my parents house, played outside with his DD while LO and I watched, took cute pics, and gave LO a bath. A chill day.

macynsnoop · June 2014

Well guess I'm the odd man out here. My day was shitay & so was hubs. I didn't do jack since he didn't do anything for moms day. Then we got in a fight & I didn't talk to him for most of the day besides one syllable words. Then we had the all important convo on how this wasn't going to work if we couldn't talk civilly to each other. I honestly think we are in the brink of not being able to make "us" work. We are both exhausted & LO is a nightmare for hours at night. Sorry for the downer post, glad everyone had a great day!

homediva · June 2014

We had a wonderful day! I dressed my boys the same for the first time and gave hubby some handprint art.

ETA sorry @macynsnoop‌ that it wasn't a good Father's Day! I hope you and your husband are able to pull through.

zazu13 · June 2014

macynsnoop said:
Well guess I'm the odd man out here. My day was shitay & so was hubs. I didn't do jack since he didn't do anything for moms day. Then we got in a fight & I didn't talk to him for most of the day besides one syllable words. Then we had the all important convo on how this wasn't going to work if we couldn't talk civilly to each other. I honestly think we are in the brink of not being able to make "us" work. We are both exhausted & LO is a nightmare for hours at night. Sorry for the downer post, glad everyone had a great day!

I'm so sorry. Hang in there. Relationships are hard enough work without a cranky babe & sleep deprived parentsadded to the mix. We had a rough patch thru about week 12 and things have gotten better. Take care!!

We had homemade blueberry muffins from scratch, a relaxing picnic in the park & dinner with family. I gave DH a camera case he needed and framed pics of the twins for his office. It was much better than what I got on mothers day with my last minute grocery store flowers, but in DH's defense we were still in the throes of newborn twinsanity then. Things have calmed down. He'd better step it up next year, though

katy4128 · June 2014

Michellelasenburg said:
@Katy0525‌ are you an Omaha native or just visiting for CWS? I live in Bellevue

I grew up in Bellevue!!

When I got married a year ago DH and I moved to La Vista. Small world!

Bluebird2318 · June 2014

It was pretty good. We went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch. Nothing special, but going out to eat at all is a very rare occasion for us since having kids. DH is the breadwinner and I am a SAHM, so I always feel kind of silly if I buy him something with money he earned. I did give him a bunch of currency in a game we play together online, but that's sort of silly and something only nerds would understand. :P He liked it though, since the game is his major hobby/pastime. We also had some good sex, but TBH I'm pretty sure it was better for me than it was for him because he was doing most of the work. DH didn't do anything for Mother's Day. Neither of us are big into celebrating holiday's, but I'm a bit more conscious of them than he is.

Bluebird2318 · June 2014

@macynsnoop I'm sorry you had a bad day.

DH and I have had some rough patches where there was such a disconnect that I wasn't sure we would pull through, but we did. Stress takes a toll on people and makes everything seem worse than it is. Many hugs.

Stace0616 · June 2014

DH just returned from being away for the week, so he took all the nighttime feedings, but I let him sleep in. I also gave him time to bond with DS while I ran errands and got a pedicure lol! I gave him a Shutterfly photo book, personalized mug and a card from LO.

Then we did Chipotle for dinner and watched an action movie with Liam Neeson. I honestly meant to do way more (breakfast in bed, etc) but with his dad being sick, him going home for the week and me having to stay behind and take care of the baby alone for 4 days, it was nice just being together.

*sparky* · June 2014

I think I gave DH a pretty nice Fathers Day. We took him out to dinner Saturday evening. Sunday morning I let him sleep while DS and I made him breakfast. We gave him a picture frame that had a picture of DH holding DS at his newborn photo shoot and then the same picture of DH and DD 8 yrs later. He seemed to really like it. Also gave him a speaker system to play music through his iPhone or iPad. Then we went to a little street market that was set up in town and went to lunch. So I think overall he was pretty happy.

Unfortunately we were supposed to see my dad but he ended up having to take his wife to the hospital so I did not get to see him. Hoping she is ok and I can see them soon.

@macysnoop - when we had DS, DH and I really did not get along well for quite a while. We managed to work through it but it was rough for a while. There was a time when I seriously considered divorce. A baby adds a lot of a stress to a household and it can be hard to learn to work together through it and to talk with each other instead of snapping at each other. Once we learned how to do that we did much better together. I hope you and your DH get through this too.

Xxlilies · June 2014

I think my DH enjoyed his first Father's Day.
LO and I got him a gift card to SAIL ( hunting and fishing store )and we went and he picked out a few things on the way to Carter's and grocery store
He spent the day smoking ribs and chicken in his smoker for dinner
At dinner we had his parents and grandfather over . It was delicious and relaxing .

PaperBowl · June 2014

My husband was out for 12 hours the day/night before and our son was a sobbing, screaming mess most of the time. I had to put him in his crib multiple times and go cry and scream in another room. I finally got him down and my husband got home and I made it clear how ragged and frankly pissed I was being left alone with the baby on the weekend when I'd just been diagnosed with PPA and needed support.

Sunday morning DH got a tiny catchers mitt for our son to use for when he's old enough to learn to play catch, and a card from us. We hung out all day in the bedroom watching House of Cards. After DS was in bed I put on a nice dress and heels and makeup and made DH a four course meal- sautéed scallops in seaweed salad with bacon and soy dressing, snap pea and cucumber soup with lemon and ginger, t-bone porterhouse steaks with roasted potatoes and dandelion greens sautéed with bacon, and white chocolate grapefruit panna cotta with caramel sauce and a crispy tuile. All homemade.

DH tried to hide it but he was disappointed with Father's Day. I didn't do anything sexual with him (uh hello I am effing exhausted from your 12 effing hour jam session with your band and you left me alone with our kid, shocking that I'd rather relax than give you a beej) and the glove was "actually a gift for Pudge". Guess I should have bought him a tie or an effing pencil holder. And we didn't leave the house and do stuff.

For Mother's Day he took me to get a breakfast sandwhich from a cafe and we hiked to see a waterfall. No card or gift. And he complained nonstop about how his foot felt.

At the time and even now I am satisfied with my "gift", but I'm kind of butthurt about his ungratefulness about his gift. I love him dearly and he's a great dad but we're going to have to have a chat about this. It makes me not want to do anything for him on these days if he's going to be a royal buttface because I didn't roll out enough red carpet.

LaNorte · June 2014

@PaperBowl‌ That sounds like a really nice gift! Maybe I'm just a gross slob or something, but I think the effort that goes into getting dressed up these days is a pretty valuable gift by itself, not to mention all the effort you put into that meal. Some people (not just husbands, but people in general) don't appreciate that time and effort are incredibly nice gifts.

Trgree1712 · June 2014

It was a great Father's Day. Got my husband a new tapper handle for his bar. We went to church then spent the day at the beach and had a nice lunch. We came home and relaxed and then grilled steaks for dinner.

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