Tater Tot & Sweet Tater

We have settled in quite nie and everything is going well. Daddy cried to let Sierra go to school and I cried a little more when Junior started preschool. You ask why and it is simple. Junior is the baby and as he grows up so fast it makes it clear that I am losing a grip in you two kids. Mommy and I worked so hard to have babies and now they are turning into big kids really really fast. Letting go and watching you grow hurts. I apologize for every time I have yelled and wish that I could tell you I love you more than I do. You guys are great and I am so proud of you both.

Tall and Skinny

Oh my goodness do I have little weeds for children. Sierra is off the charts for height and Junior is trailing behind in the 97% group.  I am not sure where the height is coming from but I am going to start to hide stuff low because high is in reach or getting to be.

I can still see them at 20 inches and 7 lbs and feel their breath on my neck and their heartbeat on my chest as they slept. Where did time go. Slow down kids and enjoy being little in my arms. Potty training note. Junior can be so easily distracted to pee or poop on himself or my favorite the revenge poop where he is mad at you. When it is your turn to change my diaper Junior I will remember this.

Love Dad.

Fathers day 2011

I was walkign down a quiet street with friends when I suddenly flashed back to the day we knew we were pregnant with Sierra. I had not yet been diagnosed with anything and we were hooking up our new TV in the basement when the phone rang. I had promised Erica that I would not have a drink until she was pregnant. The phone call was short and I could not talk but I could pour myself a drink and walk into the room where my wife and neighbor were. He popped his head out and giggled congratulations and Erica was the third to find out. I sniffled a little bit and the people around me never knew anything. I still feel the emotion of that day. All three pregnancies we had were amazing and changed me. But the one thing that won't change is that I am a DAD. SO Sierra and Junior and the times change and you think of things in different ways always remember that I am a DAD because of you and I will never do anything but love you no matter how tough it may be.

Disney Cruise and Junior Turns Three

I wanted to make sure that you guys rememebered that you were on the ocean in a big old ship cruising around the carribean. You chased characters around the boat and had a great time. It was a great family vacation that was awesome. We all got sunburned at some point to some degree so we need to all remember that the equator brings the sun really close. Hopefully the pictures will tell the story when they are uploaded.You both held green sea turtles and petted sting rays. You to walk amongst hundreds of butterflies, see Hell in Grand Cayman, take a underwater glass boat tour in Cozumel, and swim with fish of various sizes in Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. You got to dance with your parents to High School Musical and were great kids to tavel with. You flew from Houston to Orlando and back to DC. Not too much complaining running through airports from any of you. I can't wait till we do it again. Oh my we also were completely off the electronic grid for a week. I couldn't remember not checking my phone or email constantly. It was nice to not see anything at all but a snippet on TV once in a while.

Now Junior turning three was really quiet. We went the National Aquarium in Baltimore after all that time at see and it was somewhat of a good time and a let down. But my little man is three with a mohawk and Disney tattoo's. I hope you kids fondly remember these times as your mother and I do. So lesson here is a simple one. Some times you just deserve a vacation and you need to take it. It doesn't have to be a Disney cruise but you need to get away from it all.

I want two daddies

Growing pains are what they are sure do make for interesting conversation. Sierra politley told me that she wanted two daddies so that I could play with her and the other one could play with Junior. Not sure how that sits with me but I understand. I think she understood that I am one dad to two kids and that she has to share but that didn't make it better. Erica and I have been traveling and you know what, my two kids are very in tune with it. They see it as a pause in time until you return. I don't know how they do it but they make it work. Thank God for that. New adventures are almost certainly about to begin. Announcement of future plans should be coming soon. I hope it is what I think it is. I like adventure.

Remember kids, there is only one me and one mom but we can love both of you the same. We do. You are the greatest thing we ever did.