Father's Day

I hope all the Dads and Grandads out there had a very Happy Father's Day!

It was Graeme's first ever Father's Day and I think it was a good day for him. We'd had a rough couple of days with Francis being very unsettled, so decided we deserved a lie in. After reminding Graeme that it was Father's Day (he'd completely forgotten) I presented him with his little bag of gifts. I'd not realised it was a "Happy Birthday" bag when I bought it - I'd only noticed the Daddish images of ties, socks and cars. Still, Graeme didn't seem to mind when I pointed this out.

He seemed pleased with his presents - Gordon Ramsey's autobiography, a "Me to You" Dad photo frame and a mysterious CD which was later revealed to be a photo montage tribute to Graeme and what a great Daddy he is :o) Far better than anything you can buy in the shops if I do say so myself! After a rather stressful shopping trip to buy essential groceries, Graeme spent some time with Francis while I tackled the mountain of ironing that has built up over the past few weeks and then cooked bangers and mash for tea. I don't get the chance to cook very often so it made a nice change (even if I did make an arse of the mashed potato and almost ruin the gravy). Unfortunately, Francis was very cranky so Graeme and I had to take turns to console him and eat our meals. It wasn't quite the special end to the day I'd been hoping for, but we learned very quickly that you can't always get what you want when you have a baby!

Lisa xxx