Based On a True Story

On August 1st, 2015 my life changed. I married a wonderful woman named Suzie. She has two children (Kayden and Rose) from her previous marriage. On that day, when I said, "I do..." I became an insta-father. I've been around since Rose was a little baby and I doubt there is a time that the kids remember without me around. October 8th, 2016 at 0824H my life changed again. We welcomed Nari Nancy Hunsaker into this world. Let me explain her name: Nari is Korean for lily flower. Despite popular belief, Suzie's real name is Azucena, which means lily flower in Spanish. Nari is also a four letter flower name, much like Rose. Nari's middle name is Nancy after my mother. Our other daughter's name is Rose Maria after Suzie's mother. Suzie was scheduled to be induced on October 7th but unfortunately was bumped due to how busy the hospital got that night. We went in at midnight on the 8th. They started her on Petocin and we waited. After minimal change by 7AM, th...

Baby Nari Nancy Hunsaker (25 week) Parenting...it's hard. Not that I expected anything less, but at times (or a lot of the times) I find myself at wits end. I figured my blog would be a good place to voice my opinion since it is MY blog. I will be the one that writes down those embarrassing, hilarious, horrifying, and disgusting moments. Too often, I find parenting blogs so over the top. Who seriously has the time to do half the crap that I read about on Pinterest. Oh man, I just admitted I am on Pinterest. Scratch that. The latest challenge/failure has been my cooking. Suzie and I have our schedules set up to minimize day care costs. In the summer, the kids do not have to be in day care at all. The days Suzie is at work, I'm at home alone with the kids. Before you call CPS, just know...no children have died...yet. Looks about right... As a forethought, I do believe I have done this whole "parenting" thing backwards. Being a "step-parent" is real...