Monday, May 01, 2006

Being a Dad : Year 1 (Vol. 2)

First 0ff, I have to apologize for taking so long between posts... life can be hectic, and sometimes you just can find better things to do with your time than write stuff on your blog that alot of people wont read... ahh... I digress.

Anyway, let me finish up my post on what I learned during my first year of being a Dad, but this one will be quick, because I now have realized that even though I have learned alot in the past year, I still have a lot to learn.

(How many more times would you like me to use the word learn in that sentence?)

- Gone are the days of a sleek living room. Where clean lines, fashionable accessories and immaculate furniture once lay, is now the domain of various noise making toys, huge Disney Princess themed pushbehind/ridealong cars and magnetic fridge letters that - while safe to a 13 month old - can pierce the skin of a 28yr old man's foot if he steps on them in the dark at 1:30am on the way to the fridge for a late-night drink of water (that turned into a hushed profanity laden tirade / stumbling around by the light of the fride)

- I always said that I couldnt wait for Paige to start walking, and now that she is, its awesome. However, she is 10X the handful now that she can stroll around getting into things at the 3ft and below level, where she used to be relegated to items at floor level.

- Since my wife works shiftwork and starts at 6:30am, it is Dad's responsibility to take Paige to the sitter's. In my younger days, I had issues dragging my own ass out of bed and into the shower and off to work on time -- now factor in a little girl who requires twice the effort. If ever the word "gongshow" were to apply, it would be here.

- The people (I can only presume they are women) who created the Baby Einstein videos/products/books/toys are friggin geniuses. Honestly, these people(ladies) must be trillionaires by now, and for good reason. Who would have thought that a video of random colorful images, windup toys, puppets and classical music could sell for $13-16.99 and would revolutionize a generation?

- Paige is on the brink of full blown words now, and I am really looking forward to her talking (famous last words -- see above note on walking). Her current repetoire consists of "ducky", "hockey", "Daddy", "moo", "baa" and "guh" which equals golf, and while this list is wildly entertaining, it should be fun to hear her come up with some more words.

Okay -- enough for now... I am sure I will revisit this topic again and again, so I wont pour out a huge post on it right now...

later all...

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