Speed UP

I promise very soon you will find out the reason I am writing this blog. I just feel that we needed a little back story on how we arrived to where we are in life now. Once we get caught up I will attempt to involve everyone in our daily life. I really want everyone to get to know Cullie, Rett, Levins and Delia like I do. I want everyone to see our life through "Daddy's" eyes. I also do not want anyone to read this and think that we are not thankful for everything we have. I personally would not change anything that has happened to us in forming our family. I really believe that it has made our marriage stronger. We prayed and prayed for Rett. God answered our prayers and blessed us with our little girl.

Let's spend a little time getting to know our wild 2 year old. Rett has always been a very determined child. She flipped her bouncy seat at around 4 moths old, trying to sit up. There has never really been anything that she has not been able to do. She started walking around 10 months. The funny thing is as soon as she figured out how to walk she started to run. She has always been very coordinated. She now climbs up everything and runs all day long. Personality wise, she is just like Cullie. I tease them all the time because they have arguments. I am really not kidding. They had their first argument when Rett could barely talk. I was kind of in shock. It made me laugh because I always knew they were both very hard headed. Rett adores Cullie. It is so much fun watching them interact with one another. They truly are best friends. I know you think that is weird to say that someone has a 2 year old best friend. If you really think about it they spend the majority of the day together. They love to shop together. Rett loves going to the "Red One" (Target) and "Mal-Mart's" or "Blue One" (Walmart). They both can sit and watch a Disney princess movie on repeat for HOURS! The relationship between a mama and daughter is an amazing thing.

As a Daddy I feel our roles are kind of like the point guard in a basketball team. Some may consider our lives more like the coach. I disagree a little because I want to be in the game. I am not someone who likes to sit on the sideline and watch the game of life unfold. My role is to try my best to make sure my girls have what they need. Which means a lot of different things. Providing for us and also being a calming stable force when the "arguments" are going on. I also think sometimes as a Daddy we miss out on the joys of our family trying to make sure everything is perfect. What I mean by that is I think we get very focused on the things that are going on outside of our home. I am a person who is very career driven and career focused. I am a person that will work every day just to make sure everything at work is going smoothly. I also woke up in the middle of the night a couple of months ago and asked myself if I was doing the same at home. We need to make sure we make the time to spend with our Family. Spending time can mean a lot of different things. Be available. Rett hates "tickle monsters" but she secretly loves them. She lights up when I walk in the room after coming home from work. I admit Cullie does 95 percent of the daily diaper, bathing, and feeding with Rett. At first I was upset because I wanted to change diapers and put her to bed. I look at it now and realize that Cullie wants to do that. She wants to be involved in everything. If I get the opportunity to give Rett a bath or change her diaper (2 year diapers are a whole new level) I make the most of it. We laugh the whole time. Cullie is the MVP of the team. My job is to make sure she gets the ball.