A TwistedChristian Dad

Last night I slept the entire night. All night. No wake-ups. No crying baby. No baby kicking me in the head, or scratching me, or spinning back-fist to the face. No making multiple bottles, no frustration, no hours spend wondering just what is wrong with this screaming/crying/fussing baby. Just sleep. Though this feeling was preceeded [...]

My word for 2012 is “relationships” and this is the first in a few posts I want to write on the subject. I originally wrote it back in October or November so it seemed fitting to start with it. ————————- Social media is a big part of my life. I’m not just a consumer, I’m [...]

A typical ride home from the dayhome: Me: (as we pull up to a stop sign) Stop. Bean (2 years old): TOP! Me: Right turn. Bean: Turn turn. Me: Read means stop. Bean: mean top! Me: Green means… Bean: go! Me: Left turn. Bean: eft turn Me: Train tracks, bump bump! Bean: tracks. train. choo [...]

Today marked my return to full-time work after being a stay-at-home-dad for the last 8 months. As I was dropping my son off at the dayhome… dayhome? i’m not sure what to call it. we have this absolutely amazing friend at church that takes car of our kids during the day, so i guess that [...]

Like I mentioned in my last post, presents have always been a big part of my Christmas. Growing up, we only really got presents on our birthday’s and at Christmas. Ours wasn’t the kind of family where we’d go through a store and beg for presents and have them given to us. Granted, we did [...]

Every family has their traditions when it comes to holidays, and for us, Christmas was always the same: Wake up before mom and dad and run out and check out what was in our stockings. My parents would be up about 8, and then we’d start opening presents. Presents were always a big part of [...]

I want to make a change to how I dress. This is something I’ve been thinking about for over a year now, but have struggled with making the change. This is mostly due to body image issues surrounding my weight. But I’ve decided I need to suck it up and take the plunge. Since high [...]

A couple of months back I noticed a friend on Twitter, Carl (@YouthGuy07), mention #CommentDay, a day when he’d go around to peoples blogs and leave encouraging comments. I thought this was a wonderful idea, so I asked if I could join him and if we could make it a regular occurrence. He didn’t really [...]