Super Dad

I have to praise Nate.  Maybe I should save this post for Father's Day, but let's live in the moment.  Nate is an awesome Dad.  I know I've said this before, but his girls are the light of his life.  Before we had kids, he would see a dad and his child and comment on how fun that must be.  We were only married 2 years when Callie was born, and guess who was the one pushing to have children so soon.  Today, Nate described himself as a magnet, which illustrates well how the girls act towards him.  Nate works nights, so when he get's home at 4 or 5 in the morning he goes to bed and sleeps his 8 hours.  Now the 4 or 5 hours that the girls and I are awake, and Nate is sleeping, I constantly hear, "Mommy, can I go wake daddy up?"  "Mommy, I want to go show daddy my pretty dress."  "Mommy, I'm going to go show daddy my picture I drew."  "Mommy, is it time to wake daddy up yet?"  "Mommy, I think it's time to go wake daddy up."  And when I finally ask them, "you guys want to go wake up your daddy?"  It sounds like a traveling band going up the stairs and opening daddy's door and crawling up in his bed.  Plus, the talk never stops..."Daddy, look at my pretty dress."  "Daddy, we ate donuts this morning; I had sprinkles."  "Daddy, let's go swimming."  "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.."  :)
And the times where Nate doesn't get woken up by them and comes downstairs on his own...it's kind of like a dog that is always happy to see his owner come home, but 100 times louder and cuter.  Callie in particular is a daddy's girl.  I think she loves salads because the lettuce was grown from daddy's garden.  She endures freezing swimming pool water because Daddy put the pool up and works on it.  She spent 2 plus hours bowling because Daddy was bowling.  She has a garden in her sandbox because Daddy has a garden.  She loves Lowe's because Daddy takes her there.  He is definitely the light in her eyes too. 
Sometimes I think that it's because I'm the stay at home parent, so I'm dealing with more of those daily hard parenting situations, which makes me a not as fun parent.  However, he's the one that works and comes home tired and doesn't always get his sleep, yet still gets on the floor and wrestles around with these two girls and throws them in the air and let's them walk on the ceiling and takes them on his trips to the store and includes them in his work on the garden and yard... I appreciate the love he shows the girls, and I'm okay with not being the fun one.  I know he misses out on a lot because he provides for our family...the funny things they say and do.  However, I think him being a "magnet" and feeling how much they adore and love him, makes up for it. 
He's super dad.  In old photos, my dad can be seen wearing a shirt that has the superman logo, but instead says, "super dad".  I had another one made for him back when I was in college...maybe I should have one made for Nate.