The Back Story

I have 4 great children. They are all intelligent, strong and confident. We have always wanted a large family, so to have four is incredible. All our children have exhibited characteristics of strength, intelligent and confidences. All have been curious and two have been very strong willed. Our last son, Xander, shares in the characteristics. However, he also has several personality an physical attributes which makes him..... um.... interesting.

We, as all new parents prayed for a healthy child, on all 4 of our kids. We spent many hours counting fingers and toes. I also personally probably owe a great many apologies for continuing to bug the nurses and doctors with my many "is that normal?", "Should he/she make that noise?", "Should that come out of him/her?", "should that be that color?" and "does it always smell like that?". So to we are tremendously blessed to have all four of our children be healthy.

Then when your kids are born, you spend many hours and lots of effort keeping them safe. Praying for protection and giving your life for that cause. We screen tv, get good insurance, take them to the doctor and kiss their bobo's. So when you have a kid that is, uh, hearty, it can be a little bit of a relief.

This brings me to Xander. He is a very healthy 2 year old boy. Xander (who we tend to call X or X-man) tends to live up to his birth nomenclature. Xander Drake - Defender of Man the Dragon. X tends to be, well, here are some of the adjectives that doctors, nurses, Us as parents, friends and pastors have used: Strong, Build, Hearty, Adventuresome, Intelligent, FEARLESS, No Pain Receptors, Quick healer, Endowed (yes, its what you're thinking. this came from his pediatrician), cute, brave, just to name a few. It seems like daily he uses his strength, intelligence, determination to balance the levels of chaos in the world. Newtons laws of thermodynamics state that the amount of chaos in the universe remains constant, so therefore if chaos increases in one area it decreases in another. So X tends to cause peace in the universe by centralizing the chaos around us. These anecdotes are adventuresome and interesting and have kept us on our toes and constantly surprise us. I have been saying for about a year now, that I should write them down and share them. So here it is. I have finally decided to document X-mans adventures.

I hope you find this interesting and informative. Maybe you'll laugh. Maybe you'll just be glad its not you.

Enjoy.