What I have learned in 13 days as a dad…

I am trying to get back into blogging. Things have been so hectic, there just hasn’t been time, so I figured I would start with something easy…Top 10 things I have learned in 13 days as a dad:

10. Sleep is over rated. Who needs it. A good frappachino and toothpicks in the eyelids is really all you need.

9. My mother in law is great. She has been here to help, but has given us space when needed and has let us learn how to be parents.

8. Diapers are expensive. Enough said!!

7. We have some incredible friends. We have had people bring us food, paint the nursery, buy diapers, pray for us, and help us in any way we have needed. The people God has brought into our lives are just unbelievable.

6. Colton has more costume changes in a day than Diana Ross does in a concert.

5. A little baby has some serious lungs. Oh my goodness, can this kid scream. We call him teradactyl boy for that screech.

4. You need a PhD to install a car seat.

3. How did parents survive before digital cameras?? If we had to buy film for all the pictures we have taken, we would have run out of diaper money.

2. My wife is more amazing than I thought and I thought she was pretty amazing before we had the baby.

1. If you don’t cover this boy’s junk when changing a diaper, he can shoot a stream of pee about 10 feet over his head. If NASA could harness this kind of propulsion technology, we would not have a problem sending an astronaut to Mars in a couple of hours. Incredible I tell you..just incredible..

Overall, while tiring, these have been two of the best weeks of my life….I thank God continually for giving us the beautiful baby boy!!