My mother-in-law and sister-in-law were visiting for the weekend to celebrate the twins third birthday. My sister-in-law brought over a bunch of “Best of Muppet Show” DVDs
We have a puzzle of the United Stated of America and this is what I heard my wife saying to one of the boys this morning over the phone…
Today at dinnertime, Joshua, one of our two-years olds, climbed up onto my chair and sat down, expecting to be fed.
Daddy: Joshua, that’s Daddy’s chair, you need to sit in your own chair.
Joshua: No, sit, sit … chair!
Daddy: But if you sit there, where am I going to sit?
After thinking for a minute, Joshua pointed at the chair with his booster-seat strapped to it and said “Sit there”.
Daddy: [Laughing] No, Daddy’s too big to sit there.
At this point, Sam turned to me excitedly and asked: “Do you realize you are actually having a conversation with your son?”.
I’ve thought about it, and of course I’ve had other “conversations” with both Joshua and Jacob before, but Sam asked me to remember this one in case she forgets it someday.
Well, our twin sons, Joshua and Jacob are two years old today. Two years ago at this time I was trying to wrap my head around the concept of being a father for the rest of my life after meeting the boys for the first time face-to-face, meanwhile my wife was being stitched back together after her scheduled C-section.
At the time, I didn’t really know what it means to be a father. Although I had excellent examples in my own parents, it was still just a label. It was something that had never applied to me before so I had no way of knowing what it truly meant. I think I’m only beginning to understand that responsibility and that makes me appreciate my parents even more. Sam and I still turn to each other every few nights and say to each other “Can this really be happening?”
It’s been a challenging two years in many, many ways, but we consider ourselves very blessed.
Check out my photos on Flickr for some pictures I uploaded this morning.