h.e.c. day 2

Jason is a great father. Really.

The best part about his parenting is that he is sooo involved in his kids' lives. He is an awesome dad to two princesses and a prince. Raising Jax is right up Jason's alley. Jax loves everything Jason does, and Jason is awesome at spending time with Jax. Jaxon adores his dad.

Raising girls is a lot different than raising a son. Jason has to work harder. He has to step outside his box. The best part about it is that he is so willing to learn and is very open to new ideas. He absorbs information about raising his daughters and tries to apply it to his own fathering.

For example, when we attended a marriage conference last spring, he learned from one of the sessions that a father has to speak his child's language. If his child is a musician, that dad better learn some musical terms. Ky is a tumbler and a competitive cheerleader, and Jason has gone to all of her competitions. He knows tumbling terms that leave me confused and perplexed. I can't talk to Ky about tumbling flips and tucks and lay-outs like Jason can. This guy amazes me.

Another example of his awesome fatheressness occurred on Valentine's Day. He found out Ky's locker combination then got a rose, a chocolate heart, and a card and put it in her locker on his prep period, so that when she went to her locker in between classes, she would have a Valentine's Day treat. This guy rocks!

I'm not forgetting about the other, younger princess. Very early one morning, I heard Kenn sobbing in her bed. (Jason was in the shower, so he didn't hear her crying.) I went into her room to see what was wrong, but she was still sleeping. After a couple minutes, I finally woke her up, from a bad dream. She had dreamt that Jason had died, so I climbed up in bed with her and reassured her that her daddy was just fine (I hate having dreams that seem so real and are so horrible like that!). When Jason was ready to go downstairs, I called him into her room and explained what had happened. He put his arms around her and just held her for a good 7 minutes, at least. I know 7 minutes may not seem long to you, but it really was. I love that he took time out for her.

Jason, you're a great father!

(A huge thanks to you, too, Jim. You did a great job modeling what a great father is!)