what papa does when left with two babies in ninety-something degree weather...

ingredients:

2 bumbo chairs (courtesy of babies 'r' us gift cards)
2 rice packs (courtesy of grandma)
2 diapers (for sanitary reasons)
2 naked half-filipino babies (courtesy of one super hotttt wife)
1 (or more) unfinished house project(s) (courtesy of the 2nd bedroom upgrade due to persistent requests/demands by one super hotttt wife)

first the sensation of cooling...

then the determination of discovery...

my boys instinctively know, due to the genes proudly inherited from me, that rice is within their tiny grasps, and the mysteries of these packs are, in fact, hidden away by the sorcery of stitchery and cloth.
so begins the puzzle as to how to get to it...

in the meanwhile, papa is lining drawers with contact paper.
then the folding of the laundry begins.

NEW VISITATION RULES

due to recent events, i am imposing a paternal decree:

THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO VISITORS ALLOWED WITHOUT MY CONSENT. DO NOT BOTHER ON PLANNING TO COME VISIT IF YOU ARE OR HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SICK OR ILL AS I WILL TURN YOU AWAY FROM OUR DOOR. I DO NOT CARE IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOCTOR AND HAVE BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED, I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU INTO OUR HOME IF I DEEM YOU UNFIT. THIS IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.

MEMBERS OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY OR THE QUORUM OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS ARE EXCEPTIONS.

in other words, the fact that these babies are my sons outweighs the fact that they are your classmates, cousins, friends, godsons, grandsons, neighbors, nephews, patients, students, uncles, wards, etc. the disregard to my previous attempts to keep sickly people away, in combination with the inconsideration of some of our previous visitors to my house rules, has landed both of my newborns through the emergency room and into hospital beds. they have been sick for nearly half their lifetime and they are not even a month old. for the time being, i will be stern and quick to offend and i will no longer be evasive or be sensitive to your feelings if you do not respect our wishes. please use common sense - STAY AWAY IF YOU ARE SICK - and please do not be selfish. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME ON THIS MATTER OR FEEL I AM OVERLY CAUTIOUS, YOU ARE MOST CERTAINLY NOT WELCOME TO OUR HOME AND DO NOT BOTHER ASKING TO VISIT OUR SONS AS YOU CLEARLY DO NOT HAVE OUR SONS' BEST INTENTIONS IN MIND. my priority is the happiness of my wife and the safety and health of my babies, not your convenience. thank you for your concerns and understanding.

little twin #2 is scared and missing big brother.

count the wires. the iv was removed prior to this picture.

my beautiful wife sure can grow them...

son #1 (7 lbs. 11 oz. 20 in.) & son #2 (7 lbs. 8 oz. 20 in.)

up first is son #1:

directly from the operating room to the nicu...

a precautionary overnight oxygen party at the nicu...

the following day at the nursery without most of the tubes...


meeting his uncle gumbo...

already working his magic on grandma...

in the meantime, with son #2:

missing big brother with his beautiful mama...

his first nap in his papa's arms...

showing off his little pinoy nose...

scrawny legged and enjoying the new found space...

swaddled and content waiting for big brother...

to be continued tomorrow...