Mark...

Mark doesn’t know I am writing this...so let me start out by saying hi Mark:)...you can “pretend” like you are mad later. We all know by now that you really don’t know how to get mad...reason number 654 why I love you so much.

Anyway. Back to the matter at hand.

My friend, Bradie and I are in charge of the “Father’s day festivities” at our church this year, so I have been doing a lot of thinking about Father’s day and how Asher just might be the luckiest little boy in the world to have such a great daddy. (I can only say this because I, Allyson (Ballinger) Thompson, really had the best dad ever, but I am not a little boy, so I don’t fall into the same category...sorry to all you other people who think that you might have had the best dad...it’s not true, it was me, but that is for another time and another blog. Love you, Daddy aka T. Mark!)

From day one, Asher and Mark have had a special little bond. To put it mildly, Asher adores his dad. All Mark has to do is walk in the room and Asher lights up. Anyone who has been around the two of them for about 5 minutes can attest to this phenomenon. In his 4 short months of life, Asher has already realized that he has it pretty darn good. Mark genuinely enjoys doing all the dirty work. He likes to change Asher’s diaper. He likes to calm Asher down in the middle of the night. He likes to make Asher a bottle. He likes to pick the nasty gunk out of Asher’s right eye in the morning. He likes being a dad, correction, he LOVES being a dad. In fact, I am beginning to think that is exactly what he was created to do. So, this post is dedicated to my husband, the best daddy my Asher could have asked for. (Asher, you can thank me later for my excellent picking skills...)Mark, watching you love Asher has been one of the biggest blessings of my life. I am looking forward to the man that our little boy will one day become because of the example that he has in you.
Enjoy some pictures of the fantastic duo!








The lucky wife and mommy,
Allyson