january 26th was the day i became a pop. bella came into the world at 9:09 am and here are ten things i’ve learned since that moment:

• No matter how good you think you are at understanding what it would feel like to have a kid of your own, you don’t.  Not until you have one.
• Sneezing, snorting, grunting, farting and burping are gross.  Unless they are coming out of your daughter.
• You will get poop on you.  And you’ll be okay.
• The sound of laughter coming from an infant will stop the world so it can listen.
• At some point, you will find yourself somewhere without a diaper, and you will most definitely need one.
• As a father, there are moments when you will wish you could give your kid what they want, but they don’t want anything you have.
• You will never spend enough time with your kids.
• All prejudices aside, my kid is still the cutest.
• The Bible is different when reading from the point of view of a parent. It just lets you see perspectives that you didn’t before.
• When you discover something new, say your toes for instance, you will be obsessed with it/them before they become a normal part of your understanding of who you are.