After work from home, we got time to took picture from laptop last Aug 2022. #capturedmoment
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Category: Daddy’s Corner
Answered prayer – Johan
I stumble upon this prayer note of mine when we are praying for our first son Johan.
Noong kayo ay lima at isang taon pa lang…
Tuwing gabi inaayos ko ang kwarto natin bago kayo pumasok, siguraduhin na malinis ang paa bago tumapak sa kama. Minsan kailangan mag vacuum gamit para maalis yung makakati sa pagtulog. Mahirap kayang matulog ng makati sa likod.
Bubuhatin ko ang isang queen size bed para magkasya tayong apat. Kinailangan talagang magdalawa ng queen size bed kasi hindi na kami kasya mula nung dumating si Joshua. Magigising si Joshua pag gumalaw si Kuya Johan.
Makikita mo sa salamin ng cabinet ang mga sticker na sinimulan dikitan ni Johan at tinutuloy ngayon ni Joshua. May mga guhit din sa pader na tanda ng unang pagsusulat ninyo.
Joshua
May bakod kayo nila Nanay habang naka latch ikaw. Bumabango at gumagapang ka pa tuwing magigising ng alanganin. Hinahanap mo si Nanay.
Pilit mong aabutin ang door knob para subukan buksan ang pinto at makalabas. Kapag nakalabas na, huwag mong pagsasaraduhan at siguradong iiyakan ka ninya.
Kuya Johan
Si Johan na sisiksikin ka para makatulog. Mahilig ka pang mag pretend play bago matulog. Hindi mawawalang ang bed time stories natin hanggang sa ikaw na ang nagbabasa. Namangha kami sa husay mo na sa pagbabasa ng Ingles.
Hindi rin mawawala ang ingay at talunan ninyong dalawa bago matulog.
Ayaw mong magpaiwan kahit magtotoothbrush lang sa toilet na malapit sa bedroom o kaya naman huhugasan ng pwet si Joshua.
Kinder ka na. Masaya ako tuwing hinatid at sinusundo sa prep camp mula ng magbalik face to face class na kayo. May McDo moment pa tayo kasing coding si Mobi.
Tuwing hinahatid ka, lalo pag Lunes o galing bakasyon, nandyan ang kaba sa dibdib mo sa pagpasok sa prep camp. Namimiss mo kasi ang playtime ninyo ni Joshua.
Tuwing sinusundo ka, iba’t ibang kwento ang dala mo pauwi. Kwento ng absent sa inyong klase.
Sadyang kay daming ganap sa buhay namin na masayang balikan balang araw.
Sleeping in the living room
Today, wifey and Joshua slept our living room to try if it is better for Joshua to sleep there rather in the bedroom.
Morning bondings with Joshua
Walking around the area with you in the pouch hitting my number of daily steps while giving you extra sleep time as well as our dad and son time.
One night of a mess
12:30 am, wifey woke me up to change Joshua’s diaper as she checked that it has already full of poops. Our last diaper change was 8:30 pm. It was usual for me to change diaper but this time was different.
As I’m changing Joshua’s diaper, cleaning his butt from any residue, he cried, waking up his brother Johan. While managing Joshua’s cry, he also showered with pee making his overall to get wet including the nearby pillow. I have to finish drying him up to subside his cry while I already called wifey to look after Johan. She found out that Johan’s diaper is already full and his pajamas is also wet from his pee. She change Johan’s diaper while I’m still managing to change Joshua’s overall. While I was changing, he then vomits most of his intake milk. I was pressured to finished fast knowing that he may vomit another wave. I need to ensure that all of his footsie and mittens are dry and also his inner cloth. I also need to ensure that no vomit residue has gone inside his ears. He is also having a hiccups from the spit up and vomits and need to sway him to prevent from another loud cry.
Thank God that he is not crying. I started to get frustrated of all the parallel events occurred at this time of night. I thank God for giving me patience to manage my frustration and confusion. I love my wife for supporting me to ensure that Johan is also attended and to help him go back to sleep. Thank God that after all of this mess, Johan and Joshua is already back asleep.
Thank you, Daddy
Thank you Daddy for all that you do while I am literally useless in my bedrest. Doing what you do without complaints, even if you are stressed or tired at work… means a lot to me and Johan.
Thank you for your daily dates with Johan after your work hours. I can see how you have bonded well together (kahit nakakainis rough play nyo minsan, haha.)
From the mundane things to grand ones: changing his diapers, handwash time, wiwi time, toothbrush times, bath times with you, Lego time, movie time (how he sparkles when you allow him to watch), the tambay together sa basketball court after your work… just watching the Xmas lights OR biking and running, endless book reading at night until he sleep comes (to both of you), and your random harutan… THANK YOU, Daddy.
Thank you for the conscious effort to be really HERE for Johan. But above all, thank you Jesus for the strength and wisdom HE is giving you everyday on how to be father just as our God the Father’s love makes us secure with joy and peace.
How to pray
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:7-8 NIV
Thank you God that you are ahead of us. You are already aware about what we need and our deepest concerns in our hearts. We have to be personally connected with you, talk with you as a father open arms, no hiding, no secrets. May we able to share honestly with you our life’s ups and downs. Just like David, teach how we raise our emotions to you in Psalms. Let me release to you our joy, happiness, sadness, worries and anxieties towards you so that we can be healed and at piece. May our lives glorify you. In Jesus name, Amen.
How Our Abba Father Give Gifts
“You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
Luke 11:11-13 NIV
As a sinful father, we still want the best for our sons and daughters. Knowing this verse, it is so wonderful that Our Abba Father knows what is best for us. I don’t have to worry about my future knowing that I have an Abba Father. He gives us the Holy Spirit so that in times of trouble and distress, we have a guide and protector that leads us to Our Father. He gives the best gift for those who ask him. Always talk to him in prayer.
Thank you Abba Father for teaching me to give good gifts to my children. Thank you that you always give what is best for us. Amen.
Not another head bump
He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right.By his wounds you are healed.
1 Peter 2:24 NLT
I can only utter “By his wound you are healed” when another head bump or trauma happen to Johan due to an accident. We prayed as a couple and parent that no harm will happen to our son. I can only depend on my Abba Father, the ultimate healer.
We declare that head bump will be healed. Thank you Jesus for the healing and recovery. Amen.