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Ain't no place like home

Ain’t no place like home

You didn’t think, you’d like anything about us You didn’t think, that we’d be worth the fuss and now you know, there ain’t no other place to go when you want meat, and soul, cooked real slow Let’s play our guitars loud, late into the night Let’s pretend we don’t care while we’re getting into a fight Take my hand, I’ll show you this land Ain’t too long before you know Click your heels now, ain’t…

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On avoiding Christian music radio.

On avoiding Christian music radio.

#DaddySkill #38 Avoiding Christian Music Radio: see #DaddySkill #28 Avoiding Country Music Radio

It isn’t that I don’t appreciate the music.

Well, ok, honestly? Sometimes I don’t appreciate the music, but we can argue about my artistic pride some other day.

It’s the incessant need to plug into my emotions and turn on the water works.

And now, with Little Miss Thang on the scene, not only do the…

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One way I know I can be consistent as a dad

One way I know I can be consistent as a dad

As the daddy, I may be the only person to be proud of my baby’s manly sounding toots for the rest of her life.

Just sayin’

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One way I know I can be consistent as a dad As the daddy, I may be the only person to be proud of my baby's manly sounding toots for the rest of her life. Just sayin'

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How dirty must a diaper be?

How dirty must a diaper be?

I’ve been learning there is a spectrum of dirty when it comes to diapers. With the mildest diaper, I have to call in my wife to check it out, I ask, “is this even dirty?”

Here’s my chart for the spectrum.

Most diapers, my wife and I try to spare the other from exposure, but after a certain magnitude, we have to call the other in, if nothing else to have another witness of the doo-doo devastation.

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The beauty of intentional misreading

The beauty of intentional misreading

This same day I saw a sign for a candle that would feed a child for one woke day! Could have worded that differently…

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The beauty of intentional misreading This same day I saw a sign for a candle that would feed a child for one woke day! Could have worded that differently...

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The beauty of intentional misreading

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My first experience swimming with a newborn

My first experience swimming with a newborn

#DaddySkill #35 Swimming: Babies keep their dive reflex for about 6 months after they are born.

Strictly speaking, swimming isn’t a new skill I developed after Li’l Miss Thang was born. I did have to build up the courage to test her dive reflex, though.

It was definitely frightening the first time. LMT was about two months old, so our research indicates she would naturally hold her breath.

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Swimming with a newborn

Swimming with a newborn

#DaddySkill #35 Swimming: Babies keep their dive reflex for about 6 months after they are born.

Strictly speaking, swimming isn’t a new skill I developed after Li’l Miss Thang was born. I did have to build up the courage to test her dive reflex, though.

It was definitely frightening the first time. LMT was about two months old, so our research indicates she would naturally hold her breath.

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Poem: pressure and optimism

Poem: pressure and optimism

It’s a no nonsense sort of thing, this pressure, this push on my consciousness. Not a cotton candy and puppies thing, or a blue skies your my sunny day thing, but a real and present push.

Certainly, it grows from within and without, driving me to soar. I have a blanket optimism life is going to be figured out. I’m not sure who owns the optimism, it could be me.

If it were solely my own, I wonder…

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Equip the super genius

Equip the super genius

#DaddySkill #34 Training:

Thought 1: The bible says we should train our children in the way they are bent.

Thought 2: When babies smile and clasp their hands together they look like they are plotting.

Thought 3: Therefore, it’s up to you and me to recognize the Despicable Me style super genius budding in our nursery and equip them for world domination.

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Planning ahead for your daughter dating

Planning ahead for your daughter dating

#DaddySkill #33 Planning: As soon as you find out that your baby is a girl, you begin planning what obstacles young men will have to overcome prior to dating your girl when she reaches datable age. Oh yes, and how many pairs of overalls she must wear on said dates.

Quite literally moments after I found out we were having a girl, I went from, “yay!” To “I need to clean my weapons!”

I am not…

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Baby wearing and superpowers

Baby wearing and superpowers

#DaddySkill #32 Baby wearing: Baby wearing will make you feel more super than wearing blue spandex. Wait a minute… that may not be a high hurdle.

In some ways I’ll never grow up. When I walk down hallways, I like to pretend I am the Hulk or some other superhero, capable of throwing doors open with my mind or ripping through walls with massive mutated muscles.

I’ve found wearing my baby, however,…

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Humility and Monkey Noises

Humility and Monkey Noises

#DaddySkill #31 Humility: You will make any noise to see your baby smile.

I don’t know if we ever said this out loud, but I’m fairly certain Li’l Momma and I had planned on not doing the baby talk thing. For the most part, we really don’t. We do however make whatever crazy noise, whatever crazy face, whatever we can, to make Li’l Miss Thang laugh and smile.

Monkey noises, peekaboos, burps,…

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The importance of discernment

The importance of discernment

#DaddySkill #30 Discernment: Your daughter’s brown eyes do not imply that “Brown Eyed Girl” is a good song to sing to her.

A lot of oldies are illicit if you pay attention to the lyrics. “Brown Eyed Girl” gets sketchy in the second verse.

Li’l Miss Thang’s name rhymes with Caroline. As such, we’ve gotten numerous comments about her in relation to the song, “Sweet Caroline.” Yes, it is cute, but…

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