dylanSure it’s been more than 30 days, but we still have more dads to go, so we’ll feature every one of them.  Up today, we feature Dylan Jawahir.  Here is Dylan’s bio and interview in his own words:

What’s in your man cave?  In my cave, I’ve got two bikes, a half-rebuilt Land Cruiser chassis, hand and power tools as far as the eye can see, a punching bag, and a fridge full of beer…and some eggs that don’t fit in our kitchen fridge.  

My wife is my hero because…   she sacrifices so much for me to stay home with the children.  We both know that she’d rather be home with the kids and each of us wishes the table was turned 180 degrees.  Yet, she gets up every day and goes to work knowing that she will get only a few hours a day with her babies and that she won’t be present for all of the little milestone moments in her childrens’ young lives.  She’s a beautiful, strong, caring woman and she’s the glue that holds us together as a family.

How many hours of sleep do you get each night?  
About 6 hours.  Not all of which are contiguous…

How many hours of sleep did you get before you became a father?  
9 hours.

If you your wife could vacation without your kids, where would you go?   To an all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean where we wouldn’t have to lift a finger for anything.

If you could go on any vacation with your kids, where would you go?  
We’d be on African safari with my Land Cruiser and a trailer full of survival gear, lifting a finger for everything.

How are you like your own dad?  
My dad would give anything and everything for his family.  He never showed me any less than that.  I am doing my best to show that same selflessness and devotion to my own children.

My most traumatic parenting experience was when…  my wife and I were walking down the city sidewalk with both kids, each pushing a stroller.  I was pushing our son.  My wife was pushing our daughter.  The wife and I both stopped to see what my little girl was doing and I forgot to lock the wheels of my son’s stroller before I went over to her stroller.  I was paying so much attention to my little girl that my son’s stroller started to move away from me.  It rolled off the curb and into the street.  It sat there for a split second, and I ran over immediately to get it back on the sidewalk.  It’s hard for me to swallow the fact that I put my son’s life in jeopardy.  When I got him out of the street, he was smiling as if nothing had happened, as if nothing could ever happen to him when I was with him.  I let him down that day and I’m thankful that I (and he) was given another chance.  I still get palpitations when I think about what could have been if a car happened to be driving by.

If fatherhood was a beer, which type of beer would it be and why?  Fatherhood would be like Iron Fist Velvet Glove Stout.  Fatherhood has a smooth presentation to the casual onlooker.  We are generally easy going and thus take care of our progeny using the soft velvet glove.  Though, it can be mesmerizingly deceiving.  But every now and then, the glove has to come off and reveal the iron fist.  And just like the beer, sometimes a little iron fist is enough to restore order and peace in the house again.

Describe your perfect Father’s Day.  
My perfect father’s day would have me waking up at 6am and doing a 3 hour mountain bike ride without seeing another human for miles.  Well, I don’t want to see any mountain lions either.  Afterwards, I’d eat a huge breakfast with bacon, eggs, pancakes, oatmeal, and fruit…basically, a non-continental breakfast.  I’d get a 90 minute massage.  Then, I’d take my dog to the beach and play in the water without stepping in any poop whatsoever.  We’d both fall asleep on our beach towel for an hour before heading home for the afternoon.  I’d grab a beer or two and play in the backyard all afternoon with the family until dusk.  Then all of us would load up in the car, pick up some ice cream along the way to the ocean and watch the sun set over the water.

 

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