“This is first day of the rest of your life.” I don’t know who coined this phrase but I believe that the intention behind it is that you should forget about yesterday and look forward to the future with anticipation and excitement. Well today is truly the first day of the rest of my life. I have worked nights for over 15 years now and I am typically up late and I sleep in late, if I have the chance. Today is my first day as a work from home dad. I got up at 6:30 and headed off to the gym. I got back in time to see my wife off to work and feed Ty breakfast. So this is what it’s...

Lindsay went back to work this week. That leaves Ty and I at the house by ourselves 3 days out of the week. Monday and Wednesday were great, I fed him, changed his diapers without a snag. He went down for his nap, not a problem in the world. He was my little angel. Then came Thursday… Thursday started off a little different and I should have seen this as a sign of things to come.  I got up to feed him breakfast, the most important meal of the day.  He took his bottle and sat there in my lap just smiling and grunting.  Anyone who has been around babies knows what that grunting means.   Sure...

I didn’t realize how long it had been since my last post.  We’ve had a lot going on around here and I haven’t been able to share it with you all.  Well, the in-laws were in town for 2 weeks, we celebrated Ty’s 5 week birthday and I had to do some daddy handy man stuff.  I’m one of those do it yourselfers.  I absolutely love doing little house projects, so within the past two weeks, I have installed a new ceiling fan and a new garage door opener.  Unfortunately both of these projects were out of necessity and installing a garage door opener in 105 degree Oklahoma heat...

One Long Day After one of the longest days of my life, I finally got to meet my son.  Lindsay  and I arrived at the hospital at 7:30 am in the morning.  We were both excited and a little nervous, not knowing what the day would  bring.  After settling into our delivery room around 8:00am they began to induce labor.  I tried to get comfortable and relax but the anticipation was overwhelming.  Lindsay was at ease for most of the day, the contractions didn’t really get painful until almost 1:00pm and by 3:00pm she had gotten her epidural.  That’s the good news, the bad news is that...

The beginning … Lindsay and I were married on September 11th, 2004.  I know what you’re thinking, “why September 11th”?  Well at the time Lindsay’s dad was working for the Post Office and the only Saturday he was able to get off in the fall was… September 11th.  Now for the good news, I have a reminder each year for my anniversary.  So we’ve been married for almost 7 years now.  The years go by so fast and each day is a gift.  We’ve had our fair share of life lessons along the way but we’ve always been able to get through each of life’s...