He was there for every doctor's appointment while I was pregnant. He went to every shower we had and he participated also :)
Then the day come to have our baby boy. He was so nervous because the day I went to the hospital they started me on poticin to speed up the process and he had a job interview the next day for his dream job. Luckily little Corbin wanted daddy to be there too and boy was I glad. My labor was a nightmare. Chris became my voice when I couldn't make anyone else understand. He finally got them to listen to me and him and they ended up doing a c-section on me. During the c-section I quit breathing and the nurses didn't notice. Thank God for my husband because he did and he alerted the nurses. At 6:44 pm on October 1st 2009 I gave birth to our son, Corbin Wilson Tweedell. And Chris hasn't stopped smiling yet.
From the minute he was born he has been a dedicated father. He changed Corbin's 1st diaper, fed him when he could, and held him alot. When we came home he was Mr. Mom. He did everything. He would get up in the middle of the night. Wake me up, hand me the baby, and wait for me to feed him then put him back to bed. He handled everything. He stayed up all night to take care of both of us. He was still unemployed at this time in our lives and looking back now I'm so glad he was. He did everything in our house. He kept it clean (cleaner than I can even manage now!), he cooked, and cared for our newborn. I knew our time with daddy would eventually come to an end when he got a job. And of course it did. Chris got hired on a the County Prison. This is him before his last interview. I was so proud that he stayed persistent and got the job he wanted.
Working at a prison isn't the easiest thing in the world but he wants Corbin to be proud of him. Once he got hired we found out he had to leave for school to become certified. He went for 5 weeks to intense boot camp. Running, classes, being away from us :( Our weekends became even more special with daddy. Corbin loved the weekends when daddy was home and we didn't sleep much when he was away. But Chris was strong and it was just one more thing he could do to make our family better.
This is him at graduation!
Over the past almost two years I've watched him grow from my husband to an amazing dad. He gets up in the middle of the night when I think I can't possible get up one more time. He loves playing with our boy. They play cars, watch movies, and share snacks everyday.
I do believe there favorite thing to do together has become napping and hey who can blame them?
Chris spent a month of weekends putting together a huge swing set for Corbin. Corbin would help his daddy work on it. Most dads I grew up around would have paid someone else to do it, but not Corbin's daddy. He built this thing with is own to hands. And Corbin loves him even more for it! And so do I.
And in this last picture you can clearly tell Corbin loves his daddy and his daddy loves him. A father can teach a child so much and I'm so glad Corbin has a daddy that loves him, takes time with him, and teaches him new things all the time.
I am so blessed to have found the perfect man to create the "perfect baby" for me. I love him very much and he is the rock to our little family. So to sum it up...he is our Mr. Wonderful :)