Dotty Family Moments.

Father's Day

Father's day. Letty loved father's day as it was one of the only days where she could spoil her husband for all the wonderful things they had done and created over the years.

She remembered his first one back when it was just the three of them. Living in New York in a pent House. The three celebrated by surprising him with the shell of his charger being delivered to the local garage and little B had made Dom some "art work" with Letty's help, by her planting his feet into some clay, immortalizing his small size at the time forever.

Every year since then she's tried to make it just as special, now here she was walking out the back door of 1327 to find her husband and their boy working on a brand new project car (her latest present to him). She stopped to watch them with a big smile on her face.

Dom was doing as he always did before starting a new car and checking every inch of it inside and out. Little B doing the same on the other side.

Letty was brought back to the present with the sudden shift on her mid section. Sofia, their beautiful baby girl, was interested in her surroundings as she flapped her stout little legs with glee as she saw her father.

"Nice to know that it wasn't personal, baby girl" Letty said as she kissed the baby's head, recalling the times that those legs had made her feel like she was being used as a bouncy house during her pregnancy.

Hearing the squeals, Dom looked over to see his wife. In his mind, there was nothing more attractive than seeing his wife be a mother. "Hi Mom" Brian called over as he continued his side of the car.

"You wanna say hi to daddy?" Letty asked as she took the baby out of her harness. "Da Da Da Da" she babbled. Dom took the baby and spun her around in the air. The little girl squealed louder and began giggling up a storm. "Hi there, Mija". Dom said.

"She wanted to see her daddy and big brother, and I wanted to give you her first present to you". "You have something for me?" Dom asked the infant in his arms. "The baby babbled something that had no resemblance to any word of English.

Letty handed him a wrapped item. "Happy father's day Papa". She said. Dom kissed her and the baby's forehead and took the gift. It had a small bit of wright to it. Dom unwrapped it and all the memories of his first father's day came flooding back. A similar bit of clay with two feet printed on it. This time in red paint.

"Hits just as hard the second time". He said as some tears rose to his eyes. He wiped them. "I love it. Thank you sweetie" he said to Sofia. "I have a gift for you too....but you'll have to wait until after the kids go to sleep" she whispered the last part into his ear. "Yes ma'am"  he said.

"Mama mama" Sofia babbled as she reached for Letty. "Come here Mija" Letty smiled at the little one. "Let's watch daddy and bubba build for a while". "You don't want to give us a hand?" Dom asked. Letty shook her head "I'll sit this one out, but only because it's your special day" she said as she sat on the ground and took off the harness to let baby Sofia scoot around on her own for a while.

Dom looked around him. This was the life he had always wanted and now he had it, it didn't disappoint at all. "Dad, I don't think we can save this part" Little B said as he held up something that looked like it could have been a rusted muffler in a past life. "Wow...a challenge on day one. This is going to be the best project car I've worked on...after grandpa Jack's car, of course".

Within minutes they began tearing apart the car piece by piece. This was the beginning of a new hobby for them. Dom felt like the luckiest man alive.

The end.

(As per usual a day late festive one shot. I hope you enjoyed the reading, the inspiration came from an idea I had when talking to the wonderful loomriah. But that's all I have to say so I'll thank you once again and I'll catch you lads and ladies in the next one.)