As for the PeaceLoveMom Giveaway, the winner of a Lucky Mom Cantaloupe Soft Tee is… Mary! Congratulations Mary! And thanks PeaceLoveMom for making this giveaway possible!

Now for the Father’s Day Giveaway! Let’s go over the prizes one more time and find out who has won!

A gift that can’t be refused!
ONE lucky daddy will receive a GoodFather T-Shirt from Dr. MOZ! This t-shirt is perfect for the new daddy and a great way for wives to show their husbands what a “goodfather” he is! The winner will receive a short-sleeved t-shirt with the choice of a size between medium to 3xl.

Winner: Amanda!

I’ve been meaning to ask…
TWO lucky daddies will receive a Dad Relationship Keepsake Journal from Sand Dune Publishing Co.! These journals contain 35-45 questions that daddy can answer in his own handwriting. The journal is then given back to the son or daughter to cherish forever!

Winners: Kari Follett and Christy!

“Dude, I can see my reflection in your shoes!”
FIVE lucky daddies will receive Shine To Go Shoe Polisher from Kimberly-Clark! Keep daddy looking clean with this “on the go” shoe polisher! Available in black, brown, and clear, five winners will receive a set of all three colors!

Winners: Bunny, Cindi, Kam Aures, Yolanda, and Suzie G!

Time to give that coffee a makeover!
ONE lucky daddy will receive a custom coffee mug from Jenera Healy Photography! The winner will be able to choose any photo from the Jenera Healy Photography gallery to be imprinted onto the cup! This gift is perfect for the daddies out there suffering from boring-coffee-mug-itis!

Winner: Kristie Noguera!

“Sir, do you have the time?” “Why yes I do!”
ONE lucky daddy will receive a Waveceptor Timepiece from Casio! With tons of features, including solar powered batteries and Atomic Timekeeping Technology, this timepiece will surely keep daddy happy (and on time!)! The winner will receive the WVA430J-1A model.

Winner: Sky!

Congratulations all of you, and thanks to everyone who entered! I enjoyed reading what all of you had to say about daddy/fatherhood, and what being a father means to you. I enjoyed it so much that I’ll be doing a follow-up in the next few days. So look forward to that!

Also, I’d like to give a huge thanks to Dr. MOZ, Sand Dune Publishing Co., Kimberly-Clark, Jenera Healy Photography, and Casio for sponsoring this giveaway and making it all possible! Once again, Happy Belated Father’s Day to all of you wonderful fathers out there!

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As everyone knows, yesterday was Father’s Day. In fact, it was my very first Father’s Day as a father. I wasn’t expecting anything at all…… ok maybe I was… a little. But the gift of being able to spend the day with my son was all I really wanted. But I know her. I know how sneaky she is! I knew she had something up her sleeve!

All week long, prior to Father’s Day, I asked her the same exact question…

“So, what are you getting me for Father’s Day?”

And all week long, I got the same exact answer.

“Nothing at all.”

Wow, talk about harsh. I knew she didn’t mean it though. I knew she was planning on getting me something for Father’s Day.

So I turned this house upside down. I looked through cabinets, under rugs, in Boogie’s diaper. And NOTHING! No gifts ANYWHERE! Was she telling the truth? Did she really not get me anything for Father’s Day?

So there I was, with Boogie, in bed, watching a movie. I glanced at the clock and noticed that it had passed midnight. I’m thinking that since it was now officially Father’s Day, she’d give in and admit that she got me something.

“So can I have my Father’s Day gifts now?”

No answer.

“Well can I?”

No answer.

“So you really didn’t get me any gifts for Father’s Day, huh?”

“It didn’t come yet.”

“See! I knew you got me something! I knew it! You lied to me!”

“Yeah, yeah.”

After finally getting it out of her that she got me a gift for Father’s Day, I continued to watch the movie with a huge grin on my face, knowing that my gift would arrive within the next few days. But then all of a sudden…

“Greeeg! Go read Mommy Daddy Blog!”

Well damn, couldn’t even say please! Just ordering me around like she always does. So I grabbed my laptop and went to MommyDaddyBlog.com. Hmmm, there’s a new post up. Heeey, what did I tell her about calling me “Greggie Poo” in public! I read the post, and let out a few “Awwwww”‘s. Then I got to the bottom…

“Greg, look under the black recliner!”

At that very second, I began to grin from ear to ear as I leaped out of bed, ran to the living room, and knocked over the black recliner. And there it was. A red and white striped box. I grabbed the box and shot back into our bedroom.

“You lied to me! You told me that my gifts didn’t arrive yet! You liar!”

All she did was sit there with a mischievous smirk on her face as I tore the red and white striped box apart. Inside were two gifts, this…

and this…

I looked up at her with a grin on my face.

“…but……what……how……you tricked me!!!”

“I know!”

And she went back to typing away on her computer, as I basked in the leathery smell of my new wallet! But little did I know, that wasn’t it.

“Greeeg! Refresh the post!”

Huh? Refresh the post? I put down my two new toys, grab my laptop, and hit refresh. I notice something new at the bottom of the post.

“Now look under Boogie’s tub!”

Wha? Another one? I run back to the living room where Boogie’s little baby tub is sitting. Beneath it is a storage bin. I open the storage bin and there it is. A shiny gold gift box. I grab the gift box and run back to our bedroom, where once again, she’s sitting with a mischievous smirk on her face.

I tear open the box, and inside are these…

I looked up at her and smiled.

“I love you, you sneaky woman!”

“I love you too!”

And that’s how the story goes. How did she do it? How was she able to order these gifts, have them shipped to our front door, sneak them in, wrap them, and hide them right here in our own house, all without me knowing? Nothing is supposed to get past me! I’m supposed to catch everything! I still can’t believe that I didn’t at least find the one under the recliner. I sit in that recliner every single day! Why didn’t I think to look under there? Right under my nose…

As for the gifts, I love them!

My old wallet was falling apart to the point where it couldn’t even hold my credit/debit cards securely anymore. As soon as I saw that one of my gifts was a new wallet, I immediately emptied my old wallet, put everything in the new wallet, and threw my old wallet out.

Anyone that knows me knows that I have what they call compulsive check-every-single-component-of-the-car-to-make-sure-it’s-working-and-up-to-par disorder. After experiencing two car accidents first hand, both of which were due to car parts failing, I can’t help but to freak out even if something as simple as the clock doesn’t work in my car. I’m constantly checking to make sure my tires are inflated to the right PSI because I’d really hate to blow a tire and be stranded, especially since we live in the middle of nowhere.

And I love polo shirts. If I were rich, my closet would be a mile long, full of polos. DrJays.com is also one of my favorite stores to buy clothes from. So she really scored extra points for that one.

So as you can see, Father’s Day was full of surprises for me. I loved every second of it, especially since I spent it with Boogie. We decided to to take Boogie for a walk later on in the day. We got all the way to the park, had the stroller pulled out the trunk and everything, until…

*drip* *drip* *drip* *drip* *drip*

Thanks a lot, Mother Nature! So we’ve postponed our walk until later on this week.

Well I hope all you other fathers out there enjoyed your Father’s Day as much as I did! I didn’t get a chance to wish all of you guys a happy Father’s Day yesterday. So Happy Belated Father’s Day to all of you!

Some of you’ve mentioned in the Father’s Day giveaway post, growing up in “broken” homes. From 0 to age 5, I’ve only seen my father a handful of times. I can remember him putting in SOME of the money to buy me a coat, dropping off a $5 bag of Christmas candy, buying me a Game Boy when I asked for a Game Gear, and giving my mother a gallon of milk when she was low on money.

The love that Greg shows for our little man makes up for all of those years that I went through fatherless. I cannot piece together the words to express how fluffy I feel when Greg and Boogie are interacting with each other. I cannot piece together the words to express how fluffy I feel when Greg talks about what he wants for Boogie’s future. Greg deprives himself of sleep to support his family. His ultimate goal is to be able to work from home to be with us. And I don’t have a doubt in my mind that his goal will become reality.

As I type this, Greg and Boogie are watching a movie and I am kind of rushing so that Greg doesn’t see this! He’s so nosey! He’s been tip toeing around the house trying to find his Father’s Day gifts for the past couple of days. I just had to bat him away so that I can get this posted, now Boogie’s crying!

This is a surprise gone bad, lol!

I better stop toying with his emotions. I told him his gift isn’t here yet!

Happy Father’s Day to my Greggie Poo and all of the wonderful Father’s out there. You guys kick major booty!

Greg, look under the black recliner!

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Now look under Boogie’s tub!

Click here to find out what Greg “Daddy” found under the recliner and under Boogie’s tub!

So with Father’s Day coming up (in two days to be exact), Kid Kustoms had to do something big for one lucky father out there! They’re hosting the Tins or Tots Cruise at The Right Start in Santa Monica, California tomorrow (June 14th), where they will be giving away an exclusive Boyd Coddington Commemorative Roddler, in honor or Father’s Day! The price tag on this thing is $4,000 (I can’t believe this stroller is worth more than my car), but for one lucky dad, it will be free!

In order to be eligible to win the Roddler, there are only two requirements:

1. You must be subscribed to their D.A.W.S. (Dads Against Wack Strollers) newsletter, and
2. You must be present at the event tomorrow (which unfortunately excludes me since I live like a billion miles away from California)

You can subscribe to D.A.W.S. by sending an e-mail to DAWS@KidKustoms.com, or you can subscribe in person at the Tins For Tots Cruise tomorrow.

So if you’re in the Santa Monica area with no plans for tomorrow, stop by the Tins For Tots Cruise at The Right Start for your chance to win a Roddler! The Right Start is located at 2212 Wilshire Blvd. and the event will run from 3PM to 6PM.

To learn more about Jamie Coblentz, Kid Kustoms, and the Roddler, I encourage you to read our interview and visit KidKustoms.com!

So we now have a total of TEN gifts to be given away on Father’s Day, and here’s a recap of all of them:

A gift that can’t be refused!
ONE lucky daddy will receive a GoodFather T-Shirt from Dr. MOZ! This t-shirt is perfect for the new daddy and a great way for wives to show their husbands what a “goodfather” he is! The winner will receive a short-sleeved t-shirt with the choice of a size between medium to 3xl.

I’ve been meaning to ask…
TWO lucky daddies will receive a Dad Relationship Keepsake Journal from Sand Dune Publishing Co.! These journals contain 35-45 questions that daddy can answer in his own handwriting. The journal is then given back to the son or daughter to cherish forever!

“Dude, I can see my reflection in your shoes!”
FIVE lucky daddies will receive Shine To Go Shoe Polisher from Kimberly-Clark! Keep daddy looking clean with this “on the go” shoe polisher! Available in black, brown, and clear, five winners will receive a set of all three colors!

Time to give that coffee a makeover!
ONE lucky daddy will receive a custom coffee mug from Jenera Healy Photography! The winner will be able to choose any photo from the Jenera Healy Photography gallery to be imprinted onto the cup! This gift is perfect for the daddies out there suffering from boring-coffee-mug-itis!

“Sir, do you have the time?” “Why yes I do!”
ONE lucky daddy will receive a Waveceptor Timepiece from Casio! With tons of features, including solar powered batteries and Atomic Timekeeping Technology, this timepiece will surely keep daddy happy (and on time!)! The winner will receive the WVA430J-1A model.

If you’d like to win one of these gifts for that special father in your life (or if you are a father and want to win something for yourself; hey no shame in that!), head on over to the “Celebration of Daddyhood” Father’s Day Giveaway post. Remember to keep checking back here, as more gifts may be added! Good luck!

So we now have a total of NINE gifts to be given away on Father’s Day, and here’s a recap of all of them:

A gift that can’t be refused!
ONE lucky daddy will receive a GoodFather T-Shirt from Dr. MOZ! This t-shirt is perfect for the new daddy and a great way for wives to show their husbands what a “goodfather” he is! The winner will receive a short-sleeved t-shirt with the choice of a size between medium to 3xl.

I’ve been meaning to ask…
TWO lucky daddies will receive a Dad Relationship Keepsake Journal from Sand Dune Publishing Co.! These journals contain 35-45 questions that daddy can answer in his own handwriting. The journal is then given back to the son or daughter to cherish forever!

“Dude, I can see my reflection in your shoes!”
FIVE lucky daddies will receive Shine To Go Shoe Polisher from Kimberly-Clark! Keep daddy looking clean with this “on the go” shoe polisher! Available in black, brown, and clear, five winners will receive a set of all three colors!

Time to give that coffee a makeover!
ONE lucky daddy will receive a custom coffee mug from Jenera Healy Photography! The winner will be able to choose any photo from the Jenera Healy Photography gallery to be imprinted onto the cup! This gift is perfect for the daddies out there suffering from boring-coffee-mug-itis!

If you’d like to win one of these gifts for that special father in your life (or if you are a father and want to win something for yourself; hey no shame in that!), head on over to the “Celebration of Daddyhood” Father’s Day Giveaway post. Remember to keep checking back here, as more gifts may be added! Good luck!

How can I win a $100 Outback Gift Certificate?
On Father’s Day all fathers who eat at Outback Steakhouse will receive a $10 gift certificate good towards the purchase of their next meal (June 18th– July 20th) with the minimum purchase of $25. Activating the $10 gift certificate online will automatically enter them in the sweepstakes to win a $100 gift card!

How can I win a 30GB Zune?
Kailani over at An Island Life is having a giveaway for a 30GB Zune, courtesy of Best Buy. Enter before June 12th!

The BEST gift a father can receive is the unconditional love from his children, of course!

I’m just like my dad.”, “I’m daddy’s princess.”, and “Daddy’s Girl” tees and onesies from Huddy Buddy – $24. Use MDB10 for 10% off!

Until June 30th, part of every Huddy Buddy purchase will support the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation.

Props to Pops onesies and tees from Urban Smalls – $19.95

Father Knows Best parcel from Parcels With Love – $39.99. Use code mdb10 for 10% off!

BLUME Personalized Baseball Cap from Skimbaco – $34.00. Use code MOMMYDADDY for 10% off!

GoodFather T-Shirt from Dr.MOZ – $25.95. Click here for a chance to win!

M + F = [bump] tee from [bump] – $19.00.

Changing The World daddy t-shirt from 2chix – $38.00. Check out 2chix clearance! Use code momdadblog for 15% off!

Photo Necktie ($29.99), Photo Playing Cards ($19.99), and Photo Mousepad ($9.99) from Snapfish.

Steeping Mug ($20.95) and loose leef teas ($9.99) from The Tea Spot.

Between Me And You DAD keepsake journal from Sand Dune Publishing – $14.95. Click here for a chance to win!

Groove and Ocean bath and body products from Carol’s Daughter.

Executive Style Large PVC Aluminum Wallet from Ogon Designs – $39.00.

Wheels Key Holder from Wrapables – $29.95.

Designer Men’s Fragrances from Fragrance X. Use code CJD2008 for 10% off!

Be sure to enter our “Celebration of Daddyhood” Father’s Day Giveaway!! And check out the Father’s Day gift guides below:

• Father’s Day Gifts Dads Really Want
• From Dates To Diapers Father’s Day Gift Guide
• Pinks & Blues Top 10 Father’s Day Gifts