What have the Baxleys been up to so far this year, well it’s been a busy time!
Calvin and Patrick had birthdays
We painted the dining and living rooms
We got a new van
Noah, Marie, and Calvin made it through their first year at Unity West with flying colors.
Andrew and Andrea came home from Antarctica
Noah, Calvin, and Marie did a skit at the talent show
Calvin lost his first tooth (2/28)
Patrick is walking (2/28)
Visited Ray and Besty
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I have to say that after being home on paternity leave for two weeks, I’m once again humbled by the number of things that my wife does for our family. While I did manage to get the kids fed and off to school, and keep things somewhat clean, I failed at keeping things running as smoothly as she does time and time again. To top it all off, I found that even though I was doing a fraction of the work, I still felt totally exhausted at the end of the day. I’m going to say to all the dads with stay at home wives, take a week or two in her shoes.
1) Yes, we know what causes this and we quite enjoy it. 😉
2) The first three are the hardest, after that, it just gets louder.
3) No, we don’t own a bus, but we’re thinking about it.
4) Nope, no twins!
5) Were still looking for a ninth man for our baseball team if you’re interested.
6) Girls are definitely harder.
7) Bunk beds!
8) Who can really say when a job is done.
9) Why yes, we are Catholic
10) No, I’m not joking! 🙂
What do you say when your 7 year old asks you if life will ever move on when you have kids?
I was putting the kids to bed the other night and my 7 year old Noah said:
“Dad, do you feel like life won’t ever move on now that you have kids?”
My first thought was “Oh my gosh, did he hear me say something like that?”. I’m gussing that all parents at some point wonder what their life would be like without kids. Maybe he overheard my wife Sharon and I talking and we said something like that. But, recovering from my own thoughts, I smiled at him and said,
“Oh honey, I think that our life with kids keeps us moving all the time. We love how our life is with kids, there are lots of things that I wouldn’t know anything about. I would never know what it’s like to have a 7 year old boy.”
“Yeah, but I’m going to be living with you forever.” Noah said.
“Noah, you’re going to grow up and have a family of your own and move out to your own house.”
“But I don’t know what I want to do or how to do things”
“Well, you have a long time still to learn things and to figure out what you want to do. And, you can come back and see us whenever you want. Come over for dinner, bring your kids over, just like we do at Grandma and Grandpas.”
“But what if you move?”
Well, we’ll be sure and tell you where we move, and we’ll talk to you on the phone. We won’t go away just because you move out. You will come over to our house, and you can bring your kids, and we’ll still see you all the time.”
“Oh, OK” was all that Noah said, and that seemed to solve it and put his fears to rest.
I am constantly amazed by the sincere and deep thoughts of kids.