Moving at the SPEED of Time!

Talking, laughing, almost walking and two months away my LittleYO turns 1 years old. Amazing how time flies...

One of the things that I remember most when I was younger was having to sit in the corner of the classroom when I couldn't prevent myself from expressing myself, mostly at in appropriate times! "Go sit in the corner for 10 min and be quite!" teacher after teacher, classroom after classroom. 10 min used to seem like forever and if you add them all up, I'm sure it was. Grounded for a day seemed like eternity. Not any more....

Time is a funny thing, now a days, weeks and years go by at the speed of light. I think as DaddyYO's we can not forgot that our LittleYO's wrist watch moves slower (relative time and space) then ours and we can not forgot to put our words into their perspective; in a way consistent with their understanding of the world. Talk like them, get on the ground and play... be 10 months again with your littleYO's! grow with them...they will tell you what they know and what we can do to help.

I admit I was always selfish, it was great! Loved every minute of it! However, I'm learning quickly that its not about us DaddyYO's, never was. Its about our kids, our family the importance of close friends and enemies. Something I knew nothing about being young and probably, on more than one occasion, reasons why many parents and littleyo's argue while growing up. We learn through life that these are things that become most important in life.

We daddyYO's can not forgot to keep things in perspective for our littleYO's. It's up to us to "keep it real" and consistent with their understanding. Nothing is more important than the present. How we choose to speak to our LittleYO's will determine the level of trust, respect and type of relationship in the later years, which for me, in light speed, is tomorrow.

Live, Laugh and Love!

Its been a while....patience.

I clearly was mistaken thinking I could blog about being a DaddyYO everyday. I will make a better attempt at a weekly blog. It would probably be more interesting than a daily blog.

LittleYO, now is 9 months. That was fast...too fast. What can I say, I enjoy every min being a DaddyYO. It has changed me, for the best. Thank god! I made a promise to LittleYO that I was going to try and give him something I never had, patience. It was only recently, since his birth, that my patience has finally developed (dare a man say blossom) to a level high enough to know and recognize that I'm not the same person I was 9 months ago. Patience, who would of thought that it made life easier...except when it comes to the NY Met's. That I still have no patience for...

I landed a job, a good one at that with a lot of promise and good people. What more could I ask for. I'm thankful - You see? I didn't talk like that 9 months ago! Anyway, my first paycheck, we went to ToysRUs and bought a swing set. The construction of this wooden mind puzzle that came in two separate boxes was nothing a single guy going out every night, getting drunk and/or laid could have constructed on his own. You know what I mean? At first, I went at it with no regard, shirt off, bare foot, no instructions, I didn't even check materials. After about 3 min of opening up the instruction manual and looking over the pictures that reminded me of the "Faces of death" video, I needed to take a breath, a long one. My reality was that I have 500 friends on facebook and at the start of this "journey" I realized I was trippin alone.

I literally walked around the block in a panic, realizing that it's very possible that I just bought some really expensive firewood. How in the world am I going to do this? I broke out into sweats, my heart was pumping and the adrenaline kicked in....Ahhhhhhh there you go!!!

I ran back from my walk excited to get started. I had a plan...buy a 12 -pack. From there, it was smooth sailing. For all you DaddyYO's and soon-to-be planning on buying a swing set for your littleyo someday, place one ear on this screen and listen:

That page that says "STOP" in the instruction booklet...LISTEN to them!!!

Separate all your hardware and materials. It takes time and patience. The entire project took a long time and I still can not believe after 15 hours, I didn't get mad, angry, curse, throw a hammer or break something totally unrelated to this project. I had two good friends stop by to lend me helping hand and for that, they will always be allowed to play on the swing set at any time.

Now, when LittleYo, standing on MommyYO's feet, "walked out" and saw the swing set for the first time, he screamed in happiness. That smile with two lower teeth poking through. That experience, that feeling I have never felt before is something no words or pictures can describe. I will never forget.

It is this moment, I understood what/why/how much my DaddyYO loved me and its moments like this that makes us men and DaddyYO's.