Honestly, I couldn’t really think of a title more befitting to give this post other than his birth date. This day, it belongs to him and what it means to my wife and I. He was the last question I had left on this earth. “What is it like to be a dad”? I mean, that’s not a question that is answered over night, but it is one that he and I will be answering together for the rest of my life, and he has helped me begin the journey on answering.
His name, Theodore (Theo for short) was inspired by Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore was a good man and also belonged to the Freemason’s (for those of you that know, I too was raised to the sublime degree of M.M.) and had a good many qualities that I admired. The name really isn’t very common either and when my wife and I (Carisa) both heard it/seen it when we came across it, we both knew “that” was the one.
Theo’s middle name is after his Uncle that is no longer with us, Peter Lee Willison. Peter was a great guy and an inspiration to all those around him and loved by all. I am glad I was able to get to know him. Both Theo and his cousin (born 2 days before him) both will carry Peter’s middle name on in remembrance.
Carisa was a champ. We were initially due on January 9th. What happened is we went in for a “check up” into our specialist for some “light bleeding” on January 4th. They sent us to the hospital to get it “checked out” and told us “to not worry”. We didn’t even have our hospital bags packed at the time. Little did we know, we would not leave the hospital until Theo would be born a few days later.
Boy has he grown on us in such a short time…
