D is for Daddy

My first father's Day was great!

Had a lovely day with E and JJ.  JJ thoughtfully bought me a very nice Elmo Father's Day Card and appropriately, a new coffee maker (an essential kitchen gadget these days) and we had pancakes for breakfast! Got to Skype with JJ's Granny and Grandad, family from the UK and his Uncle and Aunt in Brussels. Shame the postal strike has swallowed up the package we sent to JJ's Grandad, I'm sure it will arrive in due time...  As I type our MPs are still "discussing" the situation...

We also got to have some fun in the sun and pool with Grandma and Grandpa and E made the most amazing spare ribs (following Anna and Michael Olsen's dry rub recipe) - these went down very nicely indeed!  I even got to dress little JJ in an outfit that almost exactly matched my own (and I had been planning that for weeks in advance, I even ironed my shirt the day before) and he had the courtesy not to poop through it :)  Bubba (our new nickname for JJ) is so amazing and I am so proud to be his Dad.  I'm also really proud of E and what an amazing job she is doing of caring for JJ.  I couldn't wish for a better wife and mother for my son.

The last week or so I've been doing a lot of reflecting on everything that has happened in the past 12 months.  It's now a year since we completed our move back to Kingston.  The few months following the move were ridiculous and we don't really remember them fondly!  But here we are with a cracking "little" baby boy (someone recently called him delicious, I like that), a lovely house and jobs to pay for it all!  I am very relieved our leap of faith worked out, for a while it looked like we may have jumped a little too far...  In the words of the Zac Brown Band "life is good today" (if a little sleep deprived).

Now we are anxiously awaiting news from Belgium regarding another move back to Kingston that will see JJ being able to spend much more time with his Uncle and Aunt.  Fingers crossed!