Wordless Wednesday: "You ... talking to me?!?"

Wordless Wednesday - A Look Through Time in the Lives of my Kiddos

Love of Children

Nothing demonstrates real love for another person as the love of a child for his/her sibling. I can see it in my kiddos eyes everyday, and it makes me take the time to think: when is it we lose the ability to love someone in that capacity?

Caleb and Marlee's love for each other is so firm and so real. The way she looks at him in adoration and the way he looks at her in amazement. I always stand back in awe of the way these two have made their love for each other so transparent and powerful. The love of a child is like none other. 

My Children, My Dearest

I wish for you, my children, my dearest, a lifetime of love, and eternity of happiness.

I wish for you the best life has to offer, and the best life I can give.

I wish for you, my children, my dearest, all the riches of the heart and soul.

You'll never know how much I watch you, observe you, and study you.

You'll never know how much I envy you sometimes, and how I admire you.

You'll  never know how much I know you and how little you know this fact.

I know your faces. I know your smiles, and your frowns.

I know your happy from your sad. Your angry from your hurt.

I know your dances and your motions.

I know your love for each other, brilliant and true.

I know your thirst for affection, and your hunger for life.

I can read your minds and your hearts

I can feel your vibrant spirits and young souls.

I can see your feelings through your eyes and I love them all.

Never have I loved anyone the way I love you.

Never have I adored a human being the way I adore you.

Never could I dream of the feelings you bring to my life.

Never would I have imagined such perfect love.

You, my childen,  are the reason I breathe.

You , my dearest, are the reasons I hope and I dream.

You are the ones who make me be my best when I feel I am my worst.

You are my children, my dearest, my pride and my joy.

I will always put you first, my children, my dearest.

I will always there when you need me to be, want me to be, or ask me to be.

I will always care for you, nurture you, and guide you.

I will always love you with infallible love. With unbreakable, steadfast, incalculable love.

My children, my dearest, when my life comes to an end, remember I always loved you.

My children, my dearest, never forget who you are, and who's you are.

My children, my dearest, the world is your stage. Take it by storm

My children, my dearest.

Written in humble adoration, and unsilenced love,

Your father

Letter to Marlee: Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

To My Precious Marlee:

Today, you turn 1 year old. Now, I know that the number one is a very small number, but to your daddy, this is a big occasion. One year ago today, our family, and my heart became whole. The piece of the puzzle that I had waited 9 long months for, was brought into light and her screams filled my heart with cheer and my eyes with tears.

I will never forget the way I felt the first time I held you, the first time I kissed you, and the first time I gazed into your beautiful blue eyes. I will never forget the gladness that swelled up inside me to the point I thought my body would explode. (not to mention the first time I felt the fear of "OH MY GOSH SHE WILL BE A TEEN ONE DAY)

It has been such a joy and an honor to watch the miracle that is life once again over this last year. Watching you go from the infant that slept in my arms, to the little girl I'm always chasing around, pulling off the bottom stair, the cabinets, the chairs, your brother. The time has gone by so fast, and every minute that seems to have just slipped away, has not slipped away unnoticed.

You have my heart, and my promise; the promise to protect you, provide for you, and be your shoulder to cry on. You have my soul and my will, that no matter how hard it may seem, that I will always press forward, and be the best father I can be, because you deserve it.

You may never read these words, and that's okay; and right now are too young to understand. But always know this: Daddy will always love you, and always be here for you. You are MY daughter, and that is something that nothing, or nobody, can ever change.

I love you baby girl!

With adoration,
Daddy

"I know a girl

She puts the color inside of my world
But she's just like a maze
Where all of the walls are continually changed
And I've done all I can
To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands"

"Daughters" by John Mayer

Dancing with my Daughter: A Vid-Text Blog

Wordless Wednesday: B-Day Bash 2010

The ABC's of my Children

Absolutely amazing


Breathtakingly beautiful


Charmingly capricious 


Delightfully debonair


Especially Energetic


Flawlessly fearless


Gloriously gifted



Hilariously hyper


Irresistibly imaginative 


Joyously jazzy


Knowingly kindhearted 


Ludicrously loved


Mysteriously majestic


Needlessly Noisy


Oddly observant 


Permissibly persistent 


Quaintly quixotic 


Rightfully  rambunctious 


Splendidly silly


Typically tiresome


Unequivocally  Unique


Vividly vivacious


Wildly whimsical


Xtremely xenodochial


Youthfully yappy


Zany (couldn't find another word lol)