Ok guys, in honor of Bradley's very first #FathersDay as a father, I'm putting together a thread of highlights from the past 7 months.

Just to warn you, there are a lot of highlights...

Before I begin, I have to mention Ramona. We lost Bradley's sweet twin sister on Sept 16, & it still knocks the wind out of me to remember my time w/ her ended. Brad seemed so lost, but I couldn't handle the thought of going to a shelter to pick out a cat to make him less lonely.

Enter Travis and Kelce. On Nov 18, I was bagging leaves for an elderly acquaintance of a friend of my aunt's. Right place, right time for these babies to find me. They hadn't eaten in days & wouldn't leave my side, so I took them home to get them healthy & adopt them out.

They were so itty bitty. That night, they slept on me w/ full bellies while we watched Kelce catch Mahomes' 69th career TD pass in the game that began the win streak that's still alive today.

From the very beginning, they were enamored of Bradley. But I kept them separated until I knew they were healthy.

By that point, Bradley had already decided they were his. And IT STRESSED HIM OUT. He supervised everything they did to make sure they were safe.

He's always spent most of his waking hours grooming himself, so he was super psyched to have someone else to groom. Even if the babies weren't always patient when they had to wait for their turn.

Narrative is getting paused for a while because this is just a bunch of snuggling and grooming.

More snuggling and grooming

Snuggling

And more snuggling

Bro time

Ok, a lot more bro time

These two, I swear...

Grooming!!

Sooooo baby

More cuteness

Happy little girl :)

If there was any doubt left at this point that these guys were staying, it was on its way out the door

More of the same :)

By this point, I had to accept that the babies actually love Bradley more than I do.

They decided to give grooming a try, but it was clear they had a lot to learn.

So glad they found each other :)

Snugglefests on the ground and the couch!

Little baby toes :)

Mmmk, taking another break from posting. I....took a lot of pictures of these guys :)

It's taking my phone like 5 minutes to post a pic, but I swear I'm gonna keep adding to this thread :)

Kelce finally started to show a little independence at around 10 weeks, sometimes even escaping to her decorative twine egg for some much needed me-time.

This first one makes me think of Brad as a farmer w/ a roadside produce stand and he's showing off his prized sweet potatoes.

Although Trav is usually more of a stringbean. Here's the proud papa making sure they both look nice and dapper for another photo shoot :)

They're finally big enough that I don't worry quite as much about smushing them when the three of them curl up with me. After all, they're always very eager for me to join them at bedtime :)

Yawns all around. And that's my cue to put this thread on pause again and pick it back up after a good night's sleep :)