MotherHood is sexy...

this woman drives me crazy

yes, 3-6 currently sucks. But this jersey is bomb, and will be official wardrobe Sundays after 12pm for years to come...

the sad face of bells palsy...

haha

Of course, been a while

Where is Oakley now???

I for sure have written more, the words daily that he added to his vocabulary or the weird lil things that he did everyday...

the time i farted and he went and got a wet wipe...

the time he smelled my feet for the first time and said pew...

the first time he hit a baseball and ran around the imaginary bases on his own accord...

the first time he said I Love You...

the first he said please, dadda, please when begging for more chips...

the first time he got super excited about watching football with me...

but what would the date do for us, the visual is entrenched in my head, that counts.

Whats New???

a little boy on the Way, Feb 2011. His name is Callahan (now i will know who really reads this)

Edina is a huge challenge... Much more than i ever expected

I had Bells Palsy for a while, that was weird, all good now

Had a great time in Moorhead for the first time ever

I know Josh like i should

This has been a tough year, first time i ever grooved out and realized what the next 20 looks like, but i'm content.

Why would it feel like a career change at 26, would be as life altering as a career change at 40?

If I dont get my A6, its okay, have i given up, in a bigger pursuit of content?? who knows?

its about the boys now, thats all i know...

never take for granted the beauty that lies in front of you each day...

Edina

So now i work in Edina. I am the branch manager in Edina. However the branch i work at his a former funeral home, a full service funeral home. Makeup, embalming, yes everything... A tad creepy but never the less my new home.

I have an Oakley story

Oak wants to play with the soccer ball. Oak is eating string cheese. I inform him that he cannot play with the ball until he has finished his string cheese; he is one bite in. He walks away from me, his back is to me, i walk over to see what he is doing and see that he has taken the remaining amount of the string cheese and carefully yet forcefully shoved the entire thing into his mouth, his mouth is bulging and the cheese is coming out of his mouth. He sees me, cheese bursting from his mouth, walks past me and proceeds to pick up his soccer ball. I guess he finished his string cheese...

There maybe some of you reading this, thinking 'totally jeremiahs kid'

he is a truly amazing child,

While driving home from work, I let my wind wander back to the NFC Championship game, i havent cried by myself for a while...

JMayer tonight... i will report tomorrow my once lost, then found obsession with the music, not the man.

By the way, Oak is doing fine.

Oaks Surgery

Few things...

Today Oak had his surgery, went well, in and out. He did come out of surgery and wake up a complete monster. He didnt want anyone touching him and he continued to rub his eye. The nurse was adament about him not even coming close to his eye. I have never seen him like that, complete meltdown, entire body straining and looking at me with a facial expression that screams 'why'. We got him home and he is running around like nothing ever happened. It did make me think about trauma to so many other kids out there, Oak's procedure was simple, short and safe. I commend all those who have experienced anything above and beyond this. This was trying for me.

While growing older your definition of love goes through many stages. I remember the first time I knew just general LOVE, i went through a time where i feared the loss of certain people to no end, not until i made the connection that the emotion was LOVE did i ever move forward. It was a positive compliment. Then i met Amber and it was romantic LOVE, infatuation, a crush, then in the way all LOVE develops a desire to always protect, to care and not know what to do without this person.

Oakley drives me nuts at times, gets on my nerves but as i thought about him today and this last week, i thought about him not being in my life today. What would it be like without a voice, little steps always wanting to know what you doing, what your eating... he teaches me more than i teach him at times, Parenthood makes you strive to be more than who you are currently. Oak encourages me to be a better husband, son, brother, and friend. To reach people with the best of who you are as a person. I can only try, i wont ever master any of that. But today i am better than i was because of him.

Going to the JMayer concert on Tuesday, i have always said i never wanted to meet him...

'edge of desire' is that song i have been searching for

a while