I think one of Taber's favorite things about having a new baby is paternity leave. He loves being a Dad, and when he gets to be on full time Daddy duty he's in his element!
Seriously, that's some legit Daddying right there.
Taber took his paternity leave right after I had Nori since my mom was still recovering from surgery and his mom (who came out for a few days right when Nori was born) had a ticket to come back on Nori's actual due date.
It wasn't easy because I was still recovering from the birth and not sleeping thanks to round the clock baby feedings, so I literally did nothing but feed the baby and sleep when I could, and he did everything else. The madness of getting everyone ready for school, packing snacks and lunches, homework, diaper changes for both Cam and Nori, fixing boo boos, reffing disagreements, bedtime duty, baths, all of it was 100% on him! He was amazing!! And it was also nice to have him experience my job for a few weeks and come out of it with a new respect for the craziness of the work that happens on the homefront. This stuff ain't for the feint of heart!
In between the madness he made sure to get in lots of baby snuggles and newborn bonding time.
And of course, nightly wrestling matches.
He played with the kids in the snow
And gave up hours of sleep helping Cam, who was struggling to adjust to the new baby and thought he needed his own midnight bottle feedings and diaper changes.
(p.s. I love this pic of my 3 boys. Monty is totally getting in on the snuggle action!)
One of the highlights was going to the girls school to be Guest Reader for Brinley's kindergarten class and to have lunch in the cafeteria with Teya. The girls were in heaven.
We all loved having Daddy home!
Even Nori!
It was definitely a big adjustment growing to a family of 6!
But we were lucky to have super Dad there to make it all a little easier.
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