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Chapter 5 - The Unknown

So I shared the big secret, we talked about the relocation, and covered the journey to miracle baby number four. So what is left? Well, that is where we are today. The known unknown. This has been a long journey taking place over the last five years, and it looks like we may be coming to some sort of ‘conclusion’ to this story. I really hate to use the word ‘conclusion’ because regardless of what…

Chapter 4 - The Miracle

For most, you already know how this chapter of the story ends. For others, it will be the first time. Either way, here we go. A lot of people throw the word miracle around for shit that is really not a miracle. ‘It was a miracle I made it to work on time.’ ‘It was a miracle that they still had the blah blah at the store.’ ‘It was a miracle that I found my keys.’ Stuff like that. I think…

Chapter 3 - the decision

All that has been shared so far is a lot to unpack, but there have been some positive things to also happen along the way. We did learn early in our journey that our daughter’s condition could be potentially ‘cured’ under the right circumstances. What does that mean? Well as much as it is possible, it is also exceedingly difficult. She would need a bone marrow transplant, stem cells, and a shit…

Chapter 2 - the understanding

How? What? What does this mean? Is she going to be ok? What do we do now? What the fuck is happening? I asked myself these questions over and over again, hoping that somehow the answers would just appear. They didn’t. I don’t remember how much I cried after that initial appointment with our pediatrician. I feel like it was a lot. It’s honestly hard to remember. All I know is that I never cried in…

The Secret - Part 1

I want to say something before we dive into everything below. I understand that everyone has something going on in their life, this is just something that has been going on in mine. This has been one of the hardest things for me to talk about, still is, but I’m trying to be better. It is almost a week after the birth of our third child, our second daughter, that I receive a call from her…

Poopy in the potty

My kids are all different. Different mannerisms, different personalities, and hell… even different skin color. I guess that it’s pretty common for kids to be different in various ways. One weird thing that I find to be the most different amongst my 3 kids is their poopy potty time. Gross right? I’m sure you’re asking why I would even talk about this. Well, I needed to start writing again…

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Scream

Scene – Interior condo, lights are dim, camera pans past clock on cable box, clock reads 8:45pm, coldish beer on coffee table, Monday night football on the TV. -Phone vibrates. JADL(Ignoring Call) I don’t know who that is. (swipes ignore) -Phone vibrates AGAIN. JADL (pauses… answers phone) Yea…Caller Do you like scary movies?JADL What? I guess.Caller What’s your favorite scary movie?JADL…

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Kids, COVID, and Chaos

For fuck sake. Is it ‘fucks sake’ or ‘fuck sake’? Either way, holy shit this has been a difficult time to navigate. Let’s do a quick recap to get everyone up to speed on what’s been on and popping with the JADL team. Kids… COVID… and Chaos. There you go, anyone with kids should just be nodding their heads in agreement right now. Honestly when this whole thing started it was pretty strange,…

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Girls

Now that I have been in the saddle for a while now with being a dad to two little ladies, I thought I would take some time to reflect. Admittedly I would say I am a dad’s dad, a guy’s guy, a man’s man. I’m far from proper and there is no doubt that I’m rough around the edges. That’s just me, that’s how I was raised, so that is how I am. My first child was a boy, so there wasn’t much of a…

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'STFU'

‘STFU’

It’s been day whatever since we have been in quarantine or in this stay-at-home order, but I promise you that I probably wake up saying the same thing every morning… ‘What do you say?’ you ask. Well I start my day, go throughout my day, and end my day saying the same thing… ‘Shut the fuck up.’ I know it sounds a little harsh, right? Like why would I start and end my day like that? Why would…

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Lucky Me

Last night I was washing my daughter’s onesie in the sink of my bathroom. I looked up, locked eyes with myself, and thought ‘wow you are really one lucky son of a bitch.’ You know there are not too many times in life where you just take a moment and admire the space you are in or the life that you are leading. I myself happen to have those moments quite often. I thought it would be a good…

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Retirement Speech

I thought it would be fun to see if could write a retirement speech for my wife, and I don’t think I did to bad. Yes, the rumors are true and she is actually retiring and becoming a stay at home mom, but that does not mean what she will be doing is any less important. This is something that we have been discussing a for a long time now and it only makes even more sense now that we have three…

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Riding A Bike

I never understood the saying, ‘it’s as easy as riding a bike.’ First off when you think about what it takes to be able to ride a bike, you might not think it is so easy. We all at some point had to start with training wheels or with someone holding us up while we figured out which way was straight and how to balance. Then once you actually started pedaling, you had to figured out how to dodge…

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It’s OK to call your child an @$$hole

There are a few people that are going to read this post and be filled with anger and disgust as they lower their monocle saying “How dare you good sir? How dare you speak to an innocent child that way?” And then there are most that will read this and shoot me the clapping hands, high five, or fist pound emoji (my kind of people). Either way, you will be able to relate not matter what side you…

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Time... Nerves... Baby...

Time… Nerves… Baby…

As I sit here counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds I’m am filled with a wide range of emotions. As some of you may know, we are expecting our third child literally any moment now. Shit that sounds crazy even when I type it, ‘third child’. It’s not like I’m not looking forward to having another mouth to feed, but man it is a mind trip. See the last time we had a baby was almost…

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Tough Titty Said the Kitty

Well shit. Don’t let people tell you that having a blog and keeping up with it is easy. This is especially true when you have a full-time job, are a full-time dad, are a full-time husband, and love to live a hands on life. So with all that, I will just apologize and get to the show. Also, let’s just take this all-in good fun. Let’s not over think it and just enjoy some laughs. (people are…

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Prepartum Aggression

Let me put out a disclaimer to all my dad’s out there… Don’t tell the other half of the baby making recipe that you read this blog. Don’t mention it, don’t bring it up, don’t give any hint that we talked about this. Because if you do, she is going to ask you one question… ‘Was I like that?’ and you may be feeling all good because you found out that there is someone else out there that has been…

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