Who is the Gorilla Dad?

I am a new father figuring out how to be the best dad that I can be, one day at a time. I either excel or stumble at this great pursuit of being awesome for my kids. Each experience is another lesson for myself as much as it is for the kids. I have four healthy, beautiful daughters that keep me learning what it takes to thrive in this parenting expedition. #girldad

My girls are now ages 9, 7 and we have twins that are 3. It has been quite a growing process over the years and I am impressed with the changes I’ve made to become better as a dad.

Mom and I both have careers in healthcare at local hospitals.  We alternate shifts so that one of us is always with them. The positive to this is no childcare and that we get to spend more time with them. The negative to this is we feel like single parents always taking care of them separately as one of us is at work or sleeping. We make it work, but it sure can be tiring. There are a lot of days with little to no sleep before or after work. 🥱

Throughout these first few years of parenting, while learning a great deal about ourselves, we have learned a ton about raising OUR kids. I say OUR kids because what I share about our experiences raising them doesn’t have to apply, correlate, or mean this is how YOU should do it. Parenting is a process. It is a unique situation with many different variables. Just as each human being on this planet is one-of-one, so should be parenting styles.

My purpose here is to share life experiences with other parents so that we may all connect. We love, laugh, cry, and learn together so that we are better equipped to raise kids that are are intelligent and aware of their purpose to improve this world!

Our family dynamic is much less conventional (Mom raises the children while dad works). Our family is more unconventional with a shared parenting style (both parents work and both raise the kids).