Father's Day gift ideas?

[melis_d]

This is DH's first father's day and I'd like to get him something special. It's a little hard to find the time to put something together with a 3 month old to care for, so I thought I'd ask for ideas. DH is a doc, loves sports and is in his early 30s. i was thinking of arranging a date night as his gift, but that's as much for me as for him. Your suggestions are welcome...

TIA,

Melissa

[ChristyMarie]

Go to www.redenvelope.com they have a ton of cool stuff that you don't see anywhere else. You can browse through the gifts for dad and find something that would work for him.

HTH

[Blissful_in_TX]

My DH is a doctor too, so for this fathers day I got him a double frame and on one side I put this poem "My Daddy, M.D.":
http://www.careergifts.com/catalog.cfm?dest=product&deptid=1271&productid=1889&storeid=3&csvd=21432889

(Though I didn't order that particular print...I just typed it, printed it on nice paper, and matted it myself.) And on the other side I put a pic of DH and our DS. It came out really nice!

And I don't know if your baby is a boy or girl, but I have another ongoing father's day project that I'm working on. Every year at this time I'm taking a picture of DS in DH's shoes, and then eventually way down the road I'm putting them all together somehow with a particular poem about a son growing up to fill his dad's shoes. DH doesn't know, so it will be a surprise.

[misskitty100]

For Fathers day, every year, my husband gets a 12 month calendar with pictures of my son. Super easy to do via Kinko's on the web...http://www.fedex.com/us/officeprint/onlineprint/persprods/calendars.html?link=1&lid=//Online+Printing//Create+Calendar.

Another suggestion is a Starbucks personalized tumbler. They sell the tall plastic tumblers for somewhere around $8 and you can put a bunch of pictures on the inside of him and your new baby.

[cniles]

Thanks for the calender suggestion misskitty!! Just finished placing my order!!!:D

[memartha]

Things I am planning to do:

- www.snapfish.com has cute photo gifts. All you have to do is download (or upload?) your photo and they do the rest.

- Godiva chocolates has come out with a Father's Day box

- the new book 1776 by David McCollugh (not sure of spelling) if your DH likes history

- tickets to a show (we have the Ralph Lauren car collection at the MFA in Boston) and lunch

[rosie_one]

I ordered DH a new pillow and a suede jacket he had been eyeing up. I think he would have liked a certificate for a massage too, but I'd already gotten the other two things. He is very good at dropping hints. My dad traditionally gets a bottle of scotch from us. Always appreciated, never refused. ;)