Unbelieveable
Yesterday morning I woke up with the alarm and turned over, finding my wife and son beside me. I smiled a little and then realized something….he’s a month old! Born on April 9, Isaac Soren Estes is already a month old and it seems like it was just yesterday that I was standing in the nursery at the hospital, watching them clean him up from delivery. Since then, I’ve learned a few things:

1. 6 hours of sleep per night is enough for me. Anything more is a bonus.
2. Poop, pee, vomit, and eye boogers are not nearly as nasty as you think they are.
3. Don’t throw away the instructions to your Diaper Genie. This will lead to stressful moments when it’s full and you can’t figure out how to get the resulting diaper snake out of the machine.
4. Car rides, no matter how long, will put most children to sleep. Be careful they don’t do the same to you.
5. Gas or not, when Isaac looks at me and “grins”, I melt.
6. I’ve never been closer to my wife than now. We are a great team.
7. Always….ALWAYS….have a wipe covering sensitive areas during diaper changes. Otherwise, you may experience a new kind of shower.
8. Burp often, burp well. Otherwise, you change clothes.
9. There is nothing that my child can do that will make me stop loving him.

So, I’ll stop being sappy. If you pray, please pray for Isaac. He has an ear infection right now and it’s not serious, but I know it makes him hurt and uncomfortable. We’d like it to go away as soon as possible.