Boys

Boys Room

Gotta love the long weekend. Time to sit down, relax, put your feet up....oh wait, nevermind, we have kids. No such thing as long weekends, only busier weekends.

For the last week our boys have been sleeping on their mattresses on the floor. Not because we are poor, shitty parents. We were waiting for their beds to come in. Also seeing as Cooper is only 13 months we thought it would be good training and wouldn't mattered if he rolled off. I mean it wouldn't really matter if he rolled of the bed either way. Kids are made of rubber and that boy  has a hard head. He would just land with a thud and roll over.

Well lucky me, they came in, and what do you know, Lori gives me a deadline. Nap time, 1 hour, better hurry. At least the deadline was for after we got the beds upstairs. That in itself took about 30 minutes. Having only your pregnant wife around to help carry a 300 ton box upstairs is less than ideal. We managed. Barely. There were laughs, tears, pulled muscles but after 30 past my deadline one was constructed. The other had to wait until after nap time, and didn't take as long. Throw in some Minion decals and we are rolling.

After the beds came the closet. Thankfully Grandpa took the kids for the night so we could work late into the night. Yay!!

Beds by daddy, headboards by mommy

Beds by daddy, headboards by mommy

The Story of my Boys

This is a story all about how our lives got flipped, turned upside down. I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there. I'll tell you how I became the king to these two princes here.

Cooper, 11 months old

Cooper, 11 months old

Parker, 2 1/2 years old

Parker, 2 1/2 years old

We have been in these boys lives since they were born. The two of them, their mother, and father lived with us briefly until they all moved up to Fox Creek for a time. 

Recently more and more people have been asking me about them. Why have we been posting so many pictures? Why are we potty training? Are we parents all of a sudden?

The answer is yes. In February of 2015 the boys officially moved in with us. In June we will be awarded guardianship and parental control.  

We couldn't be happier. To go from 0 to 2 kids over night was a bit of a challenge and a major learning curve. At the same time it has been the most rewarding thing we have ever done.

It has been amazing to watch them grow and learn. Watching them pick something up, inspect it, try to eat it, try to smash it, love it and then move on to the next thing is so much fun to watch.

Being a dad is my new favorite thing. Hence the starting of this blog. This might be the more active blog on the site.