Source: nryanr
My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
Transitions
Today KJ graduated. He has now officially moved to the toddler room at his day care. It is hard to believe how fast time flies (a cliche but true).
I feel bad for letting so much time pass between posts. Like i have missed documenting and sharing so much of his life, our lives and being a father. I’ll be better.
This experience and time continues to be the deepest and most moving that I have ever felt.
Watching our little guy gather his belongings and move them into the new space — carrying his blankets himself, saying goodbye to his infant room friends and teachers, and being excited about the new — was bittersweet.
He may not realize the permanence of this change, wonder how long it will take to sink in.
Do any of us consciously realize the permanence of change? Not just the big obvious ones but the small shifts that occur daily? One day we awake in a different world … are our loved ones still close? Have we been there for our children? Have we done our part to make things better.
Change isn’t a bad thing, just hard at times. And permanent. One can never go back.
Fatherhood is...: Fatherhood is seeing how the other half lives.
My wife stands in the kitchen wearing only a nursing bra and her underwear. We’ve become masters of expediency. Everything that used to take 20 minutes, we now get done in under 10. Her eyelids drop delicately over her eyes as she exhales through parted lips. I wish I could tell you this is going…
Source: fatherhoodis
Fatherhood
“A few times in your life, the word “Yes” carries so much weight that the impact of hearing it changes you immediately …”
Thoughts on the Second
So, we’re having our second son in less than four months! The age difference between KJ and Tiny 2, as we’re currently calling him, will be 2 years and 6 weeks.
The thought of having a second child is, as with most things, both exhilarating and stressful at the same time. We worry about how we’ll manage the logistics, take care of two, take care of each other, do we have enough space, how do we take care of the little one without making the older feel neglected, etc. etc. — basically, the usual things parents worry about.
What is most overwhelming though is coming to grips with the possibility of loving two children more than the one I love now. Feels like my insides might explode.
My mind on the other hand can’t comprehend what it will take to parent two kids (boys at that, if it makes a difference!).
Headlong we hurtle …
Teens Who Talk Back May Have A Bright Future | NPR.org
Researchers claim teens who offer quality arguments are destined for success. If this is true of toddlers, I’m raising two Warren Buffetts.
Source: NPR
Good thought. Let me know how it’s going in about three months. Congratulations!
I promise promise PROMISE I will not become a gushy, over the top daddy who only talks about his kid. I will NOT beat this into the ground and make this all about my daughter. I will get back to writing about traffic and various minutiae that rubbed me the wrong way eventually, but come on.
I mean, look at her. I’m pretty pleased.
Source: tuckerblogs
The First Why?
KJ: Papa, mountain bike
Me: No, today papa will ride his road bike
KJ: Why?
Me: (after a long, surprised pause) Because … [insert lengthy explanation here that had KJ moving on to something else before I could finish]
An exploration on fatherhood by a first time dad. 