Brian holding Annie, just hours old.
Brian holding Joseph, just a day after he helped deliver him.
Growing up in this house, my tinies are learning every day.
For instance, from their father they are learning….
- It is impossible to put on a pair of sunglasses without saying “Where we’re going….we don’t need….roads.”
- When you are tall, your feet will stick out of every single bed. Even California King beds. So even though you sleep in just your underwear (TMI?), you will put on a pair of heavy wool soccer socks that stretch all the way up your calves every night. And your wife will make fun of you for it. Every. Night.
- When saying the word “fantastic”, make sure you put the full emphasis on the first syllable. Example: FAN-tastic.
- Nothing makes a kid laugh harder than their Dad dancing in the living room to Veggie Tales tunes. Especiallly when he “does the pony.”
- It is always appropriate to grab a full handful of your spouse’s ass and say “Now that’s goooooooooood.”
- Everyone feels better after a hug and a kiss.
- You are a Husker fan. Period.
- When you leave for work in the morning, make sure you make time for good bye kisses. Because small girls will want to stand in the apartment hallway in their jammies, crouched down like their Dad and chat for a bit before you leave. And when you say “Bye, sweetie”, she’ll stand up, wrap her arms around your neck, give you an enormous smack on the lips and say “Big hugs first!” just like you do.
- When his children are doing something beautiful or really just there, a true father makes eye contact with the wife of his youth, touches his heart with his hand and says, “Sarah Lynn, oh, those children you’ve given me….”
- Splash parties are allowed.
- It’s always a good time to go to Canadian Tire.
- Doing something yourself is more fun than hiring someone to do it for you.
- No one will ever love them like their Daddy loves them.
- And because of that, these tinies have a beautifully true picture in their hearts of just how much their heavenly Father loves them. Because if their Papa Bear loves them this much, then, gracious, how much more does Jesus love them? And they will learn to be so thankful for a Daddy that opened the way of their heart towards Love.
