Happy Father's Day!

As a son, I've always tried to make sure that my Dad knows that I'm thinking of him on Father's Day. Growing up, when we lived in the same house, and were together on a day to day basis, this was a piece of cake. These days it's a bit different though. Father's Day now usually means a phone call and an Amazon gift certificate (which he can put towards that next big ticket tech item ;o). More often than not this makes me feel like a bit of a chump, like my Dad deserves at least some face time with me and Matt on this day... but given that we live 3000+ miles apart, the chances of all of us being together on Father's Day are somewhat minimal. I know that he knows this, but I'm sure it bums him out a bit.

Experiencing this day on the other side of the fence for the first time as a father definitely put a different perspective on things. On the one hand, I feel that we really don't need a holiday with more presents and more commercialization to tell us how awesome it is being a Dad. But on the other, it is pretty amazing to be able to take a day out to give respect to all the Dads of the world. I know I finally appreciate it like I never have before. And who woulda thunk that it would be so cool to be walking around our neighborhood in SF, with my boy in the Baby Bjorn, givin' out, "Hey, Happy Father's Day!" to a bunch of dudes my age who were doing the same thing? I know I didn't.

Oh, we have new photos up of Damiano's first month. Click here and check 'em out!!