Happy Father's Day!

Today was the day that Nick had, in his own words "been waiting his whole life for" - his first ever Father's Day.

In the lead up to the day Nick had told Ollie and I repeatedly that all he wanted was a Dad's bag from Darrell Lea. Well we made sure he got one of those (1.5 kg of chocolate and liquorice) as well as a big print of Ollie's beautiful smiling face to hang on the wall of his new office (when he starts his new job next Monday - congratulations Nick). I also managed to get a book called "I love my dad" the same as the one we already have of "I love my mum" about the zebra-ish character called Ollie. And to top it all off, Ollie wore a special shirt we bought for the occasion that said "My dad is a super hero".

We kept the day itself pretty quiet, just hanging around the house together and going for a walk to the local patisserie for coffee and yummy treats. Throughout the day Nick and Ollie had lots of cuddles and kisses (Ollie is giving these icky open mouth kisses to our ears at the moment - gross but lovely at the same time) and played lots of games together.

We had joked that Ollie was going to cut his first tooth and start crawling today as part of the celebrations but obviously Ollie didn't get that memo. Mind you, we think his first tooth isn't too far off. One of his bottom front teeth appears very close to the surface and he has been awfully whingy for the last few days.

The day was rounded out with Skype chats to Nanna Carmel and Nanna Freddy and after that Ollie bear was well and truly tuckered out. He is currently sleeping in a variety of positions - in the last week he has started swivelling around his cot throughout the night and we never know which end of the cot we will find him in the mornings.

A very happy Father's Day to all of the dads.

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