It's been awhile since I've written a blog. I hate saying I've been busy because that's such a typical excuse. Everyone's busy. Or, that's the excuse people give when they've been avoiding you. I did have a major life change in the form of a 16 pound human being that lives in the room next to mine. Her name is Shea. My daughter. And she's becoming more and more interesting and cute with each passing day. My wife still does the majority of the work but I help out when I can.
Babies are hilarious. The amount of things that change in the first 9 months of life is amazing. When they first come into your life they are useless. Can't do a darn thing! Can't even hold their head up. Now, Shea is crawling all over the place, sprouting teeth (which can't feel pleasant), standing up on things, holding her own bottle, making noises that are cute but not coherent, eating mushy food which smells gross and a myriad of other things that really aren't that incredible but considering what they did for the first 90 days it's pretty cool.
OK, baby food is hilarious. When a baby eats 'bananas' it's not bananas, it's yellow paste. When a baby eats 'chicken with veggies' it's brown paste. Green beans? Nope. Green paste. Strawberries? Nope. Red paste. You get the idea. 79 cents a jar. Yum!
Another thing I've noticed... everything a baby grabs goes right into their mouth. My daughter seems to love the remote control, cell phones- working or not doesn't matter, car keys, and anything else you can imagine that might have 4.5 million germs. Apparently her fake plastic toy keys don't have enough germs on them. She like her keys made of medal and germs. She can eat fake chicken and veggies but she likes real keys. Weird.
And there are things that make no sense to me when it comes to babies. Like shoes and socks? Why do we put shoes on a baby? They don't walk anywhere. And socks? Why bother? My kid just pulls them off and tries to eat them. Hats? Aren't those cute. Nope, babies don't care for those. But they'll chew on them for a while.
Ever tried dressing a baby? That's an adventure. Putting pants on a baby is no walk in the park. Snap-buttoning a onsie? Yeah, good luck with that. I can never get it right.
Picture time.
We take lots and lots of pictures of our babies. Isn't this fun? We try everything to make the baby:
1) look at the camera
2) smile
It rarely works. I feel bad for parents that raised kids in the pre-digital camera age. Poor saps probably wasted roll after roll of film just to get 3 decent pics of their kid. We shoot about 400 pics to try and get a few solid pics so we can show off our pride and joy. It's daunting.
But I will say this... it's worth it. Any parent that's ever picked up their baby and got a smile will tell you there's no greater joy in the world. And there isn't. I love my kid. Hopefully the next 6 months will bring more teeth, some hair, words that make sense, and walking. Fun stuff.
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