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Any wives of declaration signers on? I feel so alone, with DH out trying to build a country for everyone else when he has a family at home!

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any ideas about what to get dhs for father's day? was thinking a photography session for dcs, but when i add up sitting fees plus ordering prints/books, etc, comes to $1000. didn't want to spend this much. any suggestions please?
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05.27.09, 12:44 PM Flag ]
- that sounds like a gift for you, not him.
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  05.27.09, 12:47 PM Flag
- dcs in bed, delicious dinner at home, you naked under a trench coat. (i actually did this for valentine's day one year and i have never been able to top it).
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  05.27.09, 12:48 PM Flag
- semi-hijack - expecting first db this autumn, want to get DH a really good first/pre-father's day gift. Not too expensive... suggestions?
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  05.27.09, 12:49 PM Flag
  - pre-father's day gift? That's just silly.
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    05.27.09, 01:03 PM Flag
    - why is it silly? He got me something for mother's day - considering that we are basic parents-in-waiting at this point
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      05.27.09, 01:04 PM Flag
      - They have this thing that looks like a tool belt and it has goggles and tongs for changing diapers. I think it's called the daddy belt. Too cute. Would be great for a father-to-be.
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        05.27.09, 01:08 PM Flag
      - what if something bad happens? don't count your chickens before they hatch.
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        05.27.09, 01:24 PM Flag
        
        thanks, that is a kind sentiment. I'm not counting my chickens - we're excited about becoming parents. Everything looks great with the baby, and we're not superstitious or crazy.
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        05.27.09, 01:27 PM Flag
      - he already gave you your mother's day gift? a little early too!
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        05.27.09, 01:25 PM Flag
        
        mother's day was 2 weeks ago
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        05.27.09, 01:28 PM Flag
        
        np: i think she meant 12 months too early...sentiment here is pretty across the board, you should wait until you actually have a child...and i'm neither superstitious nor crazy either
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        05.27.09, 01:49 PM Flag
        
        np - so there's nothing to celebrate about becoming a mother or father during a pregnancy? I absolutely disagree.
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        05.27.09, 01:49 PM Flag
      - We got eachother cards my first pregnancy. I would just get him something small and sweet. A book he can read to the baby in utero, if he'd be into that (something with Daddy in it).
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        05.27.09, 01:40 PM Flag
        
        thanks. yes, he got me a pregnancy journal and a book on baby things to do in our neighborhood. I was thinking of a nice book for him to read to db (though we already have some of those) or maybe a "what to expect" for the first year for dads
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        05.27.09, 01:44 PM Flag
        
        dh: I read Moby Dick to my boys when they were infants. I have a cool version of the book for each of them with margin notes (things that happened as we went through it.) I figured it is about my voice, not the actual words, and that is a great book to read aloud.
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        05.27.09, 01:55 PM Flag
        
        aww, that's cute. My dh is reading MD at the moment (when he has time) I should get him to read it to dd. Although most of the time now he's reading legal briefs, so maybe he should just read those to the baby!
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        05.27.09, 01:57 PM Flag
- some time away from the family.
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  05.27.09, 01:28 PM Flag
- OP: you people are no help!! : ) i guess we are looking at another sweater or shirt, yet again.
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  05.27.09, 01:47 PM Flag
  - nice pjs?
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    05.27.09, 01:49 PM Flag
  - how about, instead of a photo session, just simply a recent photo of DCs with their dad?
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    05.27.09, 01:49 PM Flag
    - in a nice frame, with a card made by dcs
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      05.27.09, 01:51 PM Flag
      - OP: thanks, nice idea.
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        05.27.09, 02:01 PM Flag
- a dh: what about a wood working class. (I've suggested it here before.) Get him one on how to make something he and dc could use together or for dc. How to make a rattle/wooden sailboat/etc.
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  05.27.09, 01:58 PM Flag
  - op: i like this too. wonder if the jcc offers it.
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    05.27.09, 02:02 PM Flag
    - try SVA, 92nd Y (I don't' know if they still do), there is a beginners wood shop place in Brooklyn right near the F train (9th St stop.) And any number of other sources. If you are interested, post back and I'll check some sites I have. <watch>
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      05.27.09, 02:10 PM Flag
- if he loves tech stuff, get him something for his computer. if he loves sports, get him tickets to a game or some equipment. If he's a reader, get him a magazine subscription. You're the one who knows what would work for him.
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  05.27.09, 02:00 PM Flag
  - he's not a techie, hates sports, already reads the new yorker. whatever i buy him sits unopened in the closet for a year. that's why i am looking for something creative or sentimental.
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    05.27.09, 02:03 PM Flag
    - if your gifts sit in the closet, I wouldn't buy anything. Make his favorite dessert and give him a homemade card
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      05.27.09, 02:19 PM Flag
- nothing
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  05.27.09, 02:03 PM Flag
- how old are kids? Here's what you do- tell him to go play golf with a buddy and you and the kids go to a paint your own pottery place and make him a coffee mug and/or picture frame. They can put hand prints on it. Two gifts in one.
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  05.27.09, 02:22 PM Flag
  - ^^^ second best present I could get. -a dh
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    05.27.09, 02:24 PM Flag

any ideas about what to get dhs for father's day? was thinking a photography session for dcs, but when i add up sitting fees plus ordering prints/books, etc, comes to $1000. didn't want to spend this much. any suggestions please?

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any ideas about what to get dhs for father's day? was thinking a photography session for dcs, but when i add up sitting fees plus ordering prints/books, etc, comes to $1000. didn't want to spend this much. any suggestions please?

that sounds like a gift for you, not him.

dcs in bed, delicious dinner at home, you naked under a trench coat. (i actually did this for valentine's day one year and i have never been able to top it).

semi-hijack - expecting first db this autumn, want to get DH a really good first/pre-father's day gift. Not too expensive... suggestions?

pre-father's day gift? That's just silly.

why is it silly? He got me something for mother's day - considering that we are basic parents-in-waiting at this point

They have this thing that looks like a tool belt and it has goggles and tongs for changing diapers. I think it's called the daddy belt. Too cute. Would be great for a father-to-be.

what if something bad happens? don't count your chickens before they hatch.

thanks, that is a kind sentiment. I'm not counting my chickens - we're excited about becoming parents. Everything looks great with the baby, and we're not superstitious or crazy.

he already gave you your mother's day gift? a little early too!

mother's day was 2 weeks ago

np: i think she meant 12 months too early...sentiment here is pretty across the board, you should wait until you actually have a child...and i'm neither superstitious nor crazy either

np - so there's nothing to celebrate about becoming a mother or father during a pregnancy? I absolutely disagree.

We got eachother cards my first pregnancy. I would just get him something small and sweet. A book he can read to the baby in utero, if he'd be into that (something with Daddy in it).

thanks. yes, he got me a pregnancy journal and a book on baby things to do in our neighborhood. I was thinking of a nice book for him to read to db (though we already have some of those) or maybe a "what to expect" for the first year for dads

dh: I read Moby Dick to my boys when they were infants. I have a cool version of the book for each of them with margin notes (things that happened as we went through it.) I figured it is about my voice, not the actual words, and that is a great book to read aloud.

aww, that's cute. My dh is reading MD at the moment (when he has time) I should get him to read it to dd. Although most of the time now he's reading legal briefs, so maybe he should just read those to the baby!

some time away from the family.

OP: you people are no help!! : ) i guess we are looking at another sweater or shirt, yet again.

nice pjs?

how about, instead of a photo session, just simply a recent photo of DCs with their dad?

in a nice frame, with a card made by dcs

OP: thanks, nice idea.

a dh: what about a wood working class. (I've suggested it here before.) Get him one on how to make something he and dc could use together or for dc. How to make a rattle/wooden sailboat/etc.

op: i like this too. wonder if the jcc offers it.

try SVA, 92nd Y (I don't' know if they still do), there is a beginners wood shop place in Brooklyn right near the F train (9th St stop.) And any number of other sources. If you are interested, post back and I'll check some sites I have. <watch>

if he loves tech stuff, get him something for his computer. if he loves sports, get him tickets to a game or some equipment. If he's a reader, get him a magazine subscription. You're the one who knows what would work for him.

he's not a techie, hates sports, already reads the new yorker. whatever i buy him sits unopened in the closet for a year. that's why i am looking for something creative or sentimental.

if your gifts sit in the closet, I wouldn't buy anything. Make his favorite dessert and give him a homemade card

nothing

how old are kids? Here's what you do- tell him to go play golf with a buddy and you and the kids go to a paint your own pottery place and make him a coffee mug and/or picture frame. They can put hand prints on it. Two gifts in one.

^^^ second best present I could get. -a dh