A TwistedChristian Dad

Finally. Sleep.

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 [...]

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Wordless Wednesday LIII

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A conversation with my son

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 [...]

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A SAHD No More

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 [...]

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Wordless Wednesday LII

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Christmas Traditions: Presents

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 [...]

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Christmas Traditions

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 [...]

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Dressing Like A Grownup

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 [...]

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Wordless Wednesday LI

Sprout in the Park

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Just can’t win sometimes

In the spring when I started my gig as a stay-at-home-dad we made the decision to park one of our vehicles and become a one-car family. This would mean that when my wife was at work, the kids and I would be limited to where we could walk (or take the bus). I was fine [...]

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