Flat Daddy Love

A while ago I learned about Flat Daddies and thought they were pretty neat.  I went to the site to purchase one and was incredibly shocked to find out that just the picture alone was $50 plus shipping!  Yikes!  I figured with my crafty researching skills that I could make my own and at a much better price.  Mission accomplished.

Flat Keith has not gone on as many adventures as I had originally planned.  He's bigger than I anticipated, like bigger than Real Keith, and that kind of makes it a bit of a challenge to take him places.  Ryan and I love on him a lot at home though!  He supervises Ryan in the exersaucer and sits at the table during dinner.

On the day Ryan turned 6 months, I squished him into the bumbo (the boy has some thighs, AKA 'ham hocks') and propped Flat Keith behind him.  No matter what I did, I couldn't get Ryan to look at me and smile.  He was so fascinated by this new angle of looking at his Flat Dad.  I snapped the pic anyway.  Let me tell you, it is now one of my favorites! 

It's been a couple of weeks now and it still makes me smile to see it.  Since Keith will be in uniform the next time they see each other, I imagine we'll get a similar picture for the big welcome home!  I so, so hope so!