"My dad can do it all"

Happy first Father's Day to Erik! Instead of dressing Jack in one of his usual little bubble outfits or a polo shirt for church on Sunday, he wore a shirt that said "my dad can do it all". Jack loves his daddy and he lets me know about it all day long when he screams DADADADA. We were in Target yesterday and every aisle we went to he screamed DADA as if we actually shopping for daddy and we were going to find him on one of these aisles. I kept saying "Jack, daddy is not at Target...he is at work" but he still kept screaming for him:) Jack got Erik private golf lessons and I got him a few suits and a sport coat (which sounds boring but when your husband has to wear the whole shabang (suit, shirt, tie) EVERYDAY you can never have anough suits)!!

Moments after becoming a father.
Fun in the sun! Jack always grins when he's with his daddy!
The way to my husband's heart is definitely through his stomach so for breakfast I made him upside down apple french toast.
Started off lunch with a bleu cheese lettuce wedge salad (Erik was in charge of setting the table)...
And my husband is a meat and potatoes man so I made an herb-crusted New York strip with mashed potatoes for lunch. *recipes compliments of Tyler Florence on "Tyler's Ultimate"

*Then right after lunch our weekend came to a screeching halt when Jack woke up from his nap with a fever. He had been having an on and off fever since Friday but I was just sure it was his teeth since he is drooling so much and biting everything these days. We decided to take him to Acute Kids and this is what followed*

Dr: Hi guys...what's wrong with the little guy?

Jerica: Well, he won't eat and he woke up with a fever.

Dr: Oh, see those little spots around his mouth? He has Herpangina.

Jerica: HERPANGINA???? No ma'am, that's left over sweet potato (as I clean his face off).

Dr: Okay well let's check him out. (proceeds to check throat and ears)

Yea, I see a lesion in his throat...he definitely has Herpangina.

Jerica: Herpan-what???

Dr: It is similar to hand, foot, mouth disease. This is the 10th boy I've seen today with Herpangina.

Jerica: Can we please call it something different?

Dr: It is very painful. It is usually about 5 different lesions in the mouth which is why he doesn't want to eat...and there is nothing we can do for it except let it run its course...and it is very contagious...and it lasts about 4 days...and there is a good chance he'll become dehydrated because it will be too painful to drink a bottle...

Jerica: So is there any good news??? Like pain relief???

Dr: You can mix a little benadryl with some maalox and give it to him to coat the sores.

Jerica: So you're telling me that my 8 1/2 month old has something called HERPANGINA that consists of very painful sores in the mouth and he probably contracted it from the church nursery?????? Oh my, there is something very wrong with this scenario.

So Camille and Brooke----if you could please tell your Dr. husbands to please rename this infant Herpangina that would be awesome....and maybe they could research some sort of antibiotic to get rid of this awfulness!

So I guess Erik will always remember his first father's day as the day his infant son got something called Herpangina...yikes...