Day 4 – Overwhelmed

Oh how quickly time flies when you’re taking care of a baby. It’s Thursday night, and I am nowhere near ready for this weekend. Today, for the first time in a long time I felt overwhelmed…when you are the primary care giver you don’t exactly have the time you need, to do everything you need to do. Thankfully, I am a quick learner in re prioritizing. This Weekend is going to be awesome, and I have gotten to spend a ton of quality time with Bella. Of course that does not mean I am not ready for Leanne to be home…less than 24 hours…WOO HOO!

A big thanks to Stephanie Corns for watching Bella this afternoon while we did some filming for the Ministry Appreciation Dinner. Speaking of dinner Bella and I shared a special dinner for two from McDonalds…chicken nuggets and apple dippers…yum! My daughter is now asleep and the Lost season finale begins in an hour…so what am I going to be doing the next hour you might ask…I’m not sure – this is the first bit of alone time I’ve had…I might eat some apple pie.

Later.

Day 3 – I’m sleepy

Well, no damages to my child…and no tears. That being said, I’m sleepy! On the bright side Bella makes the exhaustion worth it. On that note I am off to watch some 30 Rock, read my book, and go to dreamland…mmmm dreamland.

A quick question though…what is the best way to stay awake?

Day 2 – How do single parents do it?

Bella is asleep…and I want to pass out…at 7:45pm.  Seriously, I don’t know how single parents do it…and I have an easy baby!

I worked from home today – so in the midst of feeding, playing, and changing I was able to get some of my work done…of course I will be up the next 6 hours finishing what I did not get done.  On the flip side of everything though…I had a lot of fun.  I never get to spend the entire day with Bella so it is good father daughter time.

Thankfully, although Leanne is away on her retreat I have Jenny…who is my mom stand in.  What’s a mom stand in?  Well she is the one I have been calling evetytime I have a question…and I got lots a questions. Thank You Jenny!

No boo boos today, just a lot of snot, and a whole bunch of laughter.

Until next time…

Day 1 – Oh Crap!

Yup, my first full day on the job as Mr. Mom and Bella falls into a metal plant stand…AWESOME!

Random

It’s Sunday…I want to blog but I have so many thoughts in my head that I am not sure how to focus on just one.  So I decided I would share the randomness that exists in my head.  Without any fan-fair  i give you my random thoughts for today.

1. It’s hot!

2. My baby is funny.

3. My wife is awesome.

4. I love my church family.

5. Jenny Platt is a saint.

6. I am sad that we missed Jamie’s wedding.

7. How does Rick Myssee not know the song “Reunited”?

8. Walt Disney is a genius.

9. I want a hot dog and some papya juice.

10. I hope Tim is ok in Vietnam this week.

11. Why do people with crappy cars act lke their car is da bomb. (that’s right, I’m bringing it back people)

12. I can’t wait for Indiana Jones.

13. I need a vacation.

14. I forgot how much I like Guns N Roses.

15. That fondue with the Twals was rad. (yup, I’m bringing that back too)

16. LA is expensive.

17. I wish I were a fish.

18. Jaws is the scariest movie…ever.

19. Who thought of fried pickles?

20. I wonder how Matt Neal is doing.

21. God is so good.

22. I think I should go watch some FRIENDS.

Well, that is what currently resides in my noggin, and on that note I am going to go watch the one with 5 steaks and an eggplant.

Bella’s 1st Birthday

My little girl is already one…kind of makes me want to throw up a little bit. Here are some pictures from her party. Thanks to all of you who were able to join us.

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Long Beach AIDS Walk

This morning Leanne, Isabella, and I got up bright and early and made our way down to The Pike in Long Beach. Today was the 5k AIDS walk. Over the past few years I have been praying for opportunities to minister to those infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. Although I don’t think we made a huge impact today it’s a start. Now, more than ever I feel led to find partnerships here and globally to help with the AIDS crisis. Leanne and I didn’t raise as much as we would have liked, so if you want to sponsor us you still can. We have a July 20th deadline. We are trying to raise at least 500 more dollars by that time so if you would like to sponsor us just shoot me an email and I will get you all the info.

The actual walk was fun…there were lots of people and dogs (they did a pet walk also). Along the way they had people cheering you on passing out water and sometimes candy. (Thank you to the people who gave me the mini snickers…it hit the spot) When we arrived at the finish line there were two drag queens giving us our ribbons…it made us laugh.

After getting two bottles of free Naked Juice (the best stuff ever) we decided to come home and clean up. Next year I am hoping that we can get a good team to go and do the walk…until that time though if you have info on some HIV/AIDS organizations please let me know.

Until next time….