Exploded head of husband

Alright, this is a simple tip for all you wives out there. And listen up. If you like the way men do things for you, get you things, treat you, then you cannot, I repeat CANNOT do things that will cause their head to explode and their brain to leak out their ears.

My wife, (god I love her dearly) today, asked me to pick up a bag and a card for the gift for her parents anniversary. Now my wife (god i love her dearly) is EXTREMELY anal retentive when it comes to gift wrapping, and usually when I pick stuff out, it's not what she likes. Well today my wife (god i love her dearly) wants me to do this. She wants me to pick out a bag for the gift that will fit the box the gift goes in, then she wants me to get a card that matches the bag , then my wife (god i love her dearly) wants me to buy tissue paper that matches the card that matches the bag. Then my wife (god I love her dearly) wants me to pick out a ribbon, that matches the tissue paper, that matches the card that matches the bag to fit the box that the gift goes in.

.....the writer of this blog is no longer here his brain has EXPLODED.

Sleep I so don't need anymore....

So apparently, my son missed the "babies never sleep" train when he was born. All throughout the pregnancy friends, family all talked about how we'd be soooo tired, and sleep deprived and how stressful it is. We had friends that had a baby 3 months before us (and their child was colicky) telling us how hard it was, how much sleep they didn't get etc.

WELL... have i got something to tell you

Our son, our wonderful, beautiful, smart, son sleeps, he sleeps like a rock, he sleeps like a baby, he sleeps like every metaphor to sleeping everyone has ever made. Oh and if you think I'm kidding, keep reading.

The first few weeks of our son's life, he slept completely through the night. We would put him down at 11:30 or so and he would sleep until 5:30, 6am. Damn that's a good boy. After that it was down to 3 or 4 hour chunks. Asleep around 11 wake at 2 or 3 feed and back to sleep for the night. He always slept in our room, or in our bed. Well recently (he's 11 weeks tomorrow) we started putting him in his crib. Well one of the first nights we put him in his crib @ 11:30 at night and he slept through the night again, till 6:30. 7 Straight hours.

Oh and just cause I'm so proud of my son, last Saturday we all went to bed @ 9:30 he slept until 3am fed till4 and then slept again until 9am, almost 12 hours w/ a new born, can you believe that,

YAY SON
Daddy's little boy.

Suddenly I See...

Appears the author of the song who's title matches mine knew what she was talking about.

I see you, watching me, watching your mother, the dog, all of it, taking it in. You watch with such concentration and dedication. Trying to figure it, us, all of it out. You learn more everyday, you make new sounds, you hold your head up more.

You have become experimental w/ your voice. Making different sounds, gurgles, giggles, high pitched screeches enough to shatter crystal (good thing we don't have any) pouty sounds when you're just plain sad.

Suddenly I see, what it all means, to be a father, to look down at you watching me w/ such admiration, making me so proud to watch you try and sit up, or watch how much you have fun when I hold you and you stand up, or when I'm giving you a bath.

Suddenly I see, what it all means, to have a son, a child to be honoured with that responsibility. All I can say is wow!!!

Suddenly, I do see!!!

Love you son

Dad

My Wife

She is a wonderful woman, I can't believe how strong and brave she is. What she went through would make most people upset and angry. She may be angry, but she moves past it, she grows from that experience. She is a better person for it, I think she is a wonderful mother. I watch her w/ my son and she is so gentle, so caring, so loving, she laughs w/ you, feeds you, loves you.

My family a wonderful place of being, of feeling safe, full of love, friendship and affection. We are happy, we are together, and there we'll stay.

Thank you my wife, for being so amazing, you have come through everything like no one else could.

You amaze me

You grow so fast, I can't believe an 8 week old could do so much, be so responsive or be so big for that matter.

This morning was fun, taking a shower then getting out and being able to give you a bath. You have so much fun in the bath, I have pictures you'll see. You've made us so happy, we sit and watch you for hours. Watch you smile when we play with you. Hold you close so you feel safe and protected.

You are such a funny boy, you have a great smile

You get bigger everyday, I swear between the time I leave for work and come home at night you get bigger. You are more responsive each day. You react more and more to us talking to you, you're learning how to use your vocal chords more and if things keep up you'll be 6' tall and speaking in a couple of weeks. LOL

God Boy you are a miracle, you have completely given us something that I don't think until you become a parent you ever experience. I don't think the love and joy that come w/ being a parent can be felt in any other form.

We are so lucky. That smile could bring peace to the middle east.

Keep smiling, you bring joy to so many already.

Love you buddy,

Daddy

I'm only doing this in your best interest

Sometimes your most faithful friend, knows what you want more than you do, in this case our dog Rhea, seems to know about how we want to handle another conceived baby. After the labour my wife went through and all the trauma, we had talked a little about not having more children, or possibly adopting.
We just don't feel that knowing the possibilities of what happened could happen again, we don't want to go through that again, we're not saying we absolutely don't want another baby, it's just not high on our list of things to do right now.
Anyways, yesterday my wife and I were putting laundry away in the baby's nursery, and we started fooling around, being affectionate, I was kissing my wife's neck and about 5 mins later, Rhea our ever so loving puppy decided that she was going to reinforce our decision about conception. She starts whining, comes over and gets between us so we have to separate, now I know you're thinking "it's only a dog, move her out of the way." Yeah um word of warning, Rhea is 116lbs of solid muscle, she leans on you when you pet her and you fall over. Lol
So apparently in this household, there won't be ANYMORE babies, as long as Rhea has something to say about it.

Newsletter

So today my wife took our son to his appointment. Everything is good, he is healthy there are no concerns, he is in the 76th percentile for all, weight, height and head size, meaning that everything is in pretty good relation to each other. I can't believe it was 6 weeks ago this Thursday that he was born, there was so much that happened, sometimes I'm resentful at what actually did place, sometimes I'm selfish, for not having been allowed to be there for the birth of my son, to not be there to support my wife when she was going through everything alone, after having asked for me to be there w/ her. They say everything happens for a reason, but I'm still searching for the reason we all had to go through what we did. And then I look over at my son and my wife sleeping, happy, healthy and everything just falls away, the memory of it takes a back seat and I admire how lucky I am to have such an amazing family, Kelly I love you so much, thank you for giving me the most amazing gift. Taeghan, thank you for being so wonderful and being such a great teacher, you have taught me so much already and you're so young, I only hope that I can do the same for you throughout the years. Rhea, you are the most wicked dog, you are so gentle w/ the baby, you protect the house and mommy and the baby when I'm not home.
You all ROCK and I love you.