Happy Father's Day

First, I shall grace you with a beautiful quote:

"To be a successful father . . . there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years." -- Ernest Hemingway

wait. nope. that's not right.

"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." -- Bill Cosby

well, that's *BETTER*...
let's move on.

There have been a lot of amazing fathers in history... everyone knows that. Here are a few that stick out in my head.

1) Jack Butler from the movie, Mr. Mom.
This scene was sooo cute... only a Dad could get away with making an analogy of his kid's beloved "woobie" and hard core street drugs.

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2) Seriously... who COULDN'T love Danny Tanner and his goofy parenting? Anyone who can be a single parent to all those kids, PLUS their friends (ahem, Kimmie... you one craaaazy girl) and at the end of every single episode, he somehow got the feuding siblings to hug-it-out is alright by me.

3) Bill Cosby. The epitome of Father back in the early 90's. He's so rad.

(now, I GET IT... they're all t.v. fake dads--- but I didn't want to really "flex the brain" by thinking of truly amazing fabulous REAL dads-- besides, who wants to see a bunch of pics of normal dudes? Not Me.)


4) That being said. Jack Dunfee. Modern Family. Pure Comedic Genius.

"What's up, Sweathog?!"

5) Liam Neeson in the movie Taken. He's like Jason Bourne's awesome, butt-kicking dad. And WHY is he more awesome, you ask? Because he's all about saving his daughter. Hard. Core. Badness.

6) Guido from Life Is Beautiful. Tear-jerking love of a Father.

7) John W. Aaron, III. What can I say... he did a great job with what he had! You'll never meet a more down to earth, humble and truly good man. He's a wonderful husband to my dear mother and I'm grateful that he has shown me how a man should treat his Sweetheart. My dad is a constant good example to me. And he makes one really cute Grandpa! I love you, Dad. Happy Father's Day.

8) Richard L. Wilson Jr. My awesome Father-in-Law. He's got it all; humor, spirituality, and genuine care for everyone around him (sometimes TOO MUCH care, right, Mom Wilson?? ha!) I can't ever thank him enough for are his invaluable lessons he taught his sons. The Wilson Boys are truly amazing men. And I may be biased, but I do believe I married the best of them. I love when T says, "I'm going to do it like my Dad did it...". Love ya, Dad Wilson.

9) Jean Claude Ronin. Oui, oui! JC is totally one of my beloved Dads. He's completely fabulous. I love him because my sweet birth mother loves him and he loves her. He takes such great care of Hi Suk, and no one could ask more from a sort-of-step-birth-father! Oh and he makes one AMAZING step-birth-grandfather. Ava's a very VERY spoiled Petite Mademoiselle (which is the CUTEST nickname JC calls her). Love ya, JC- Happy Father's Day-- give Alexis our love too!

10) Matthew Taylor Wilson. There just are not enough words to explain what sort of father Taylor is. There are not enough photographs that show his immense love for his baby girl. Their relationship is full and inspiring. Taylor is good at the grand gestures, but he excels at the small ones. Thank you for kissing ouchies, putting her to bed Every Single Night, cuddling with her when you come home from work, doing her crazy hair, rubbing her back, teaching her love and patience and how to do puzzles. Thank you for making us Both feel completely adored. We love you, T-Daddy.

A couple pictures from Ava's third birthday

And if I recall..... You posted a crazy pic of me on Mother's Day, right?

surprise!



Happy Father's Day, Wilson. Love you to bits.