First day of school

Todays guest Blogger is Hazel:

I went to school yesterday and had a great time.  Auntie D invited me and my daddy to come and spent a few hours helping out with her class.  She was teaching about the Galapagos Islands and asked my daddy to bring some photos of the trip my mommy and daddy took a few years ago.  It was a lot of fun even though the morning was spent listening to my daddy blather on and on about the trip.  

We got to meet many new people and they all thought I was very cute.  The strange thing was that everyone knew my name and had seen my picture before.  Something tells me that Auntie D has been a proud aunt and shown my picture around a bit.  I am lucky to have an auntie like her.  It won't be long before I go to school for real.  I think it makes my daddy's hair (what's left) go grey.

    

I am growing lots lately.  Since I was 5 weeks early I was kinda small when I was born.  I was in the bottom 5% of the statistics for head, weight and height.  My last office visit I was nearly 50% across the board.  I am eating nearly non stop and starting to sleep longer at night.  I am getting about 4 or more hours at a time each night.  The downside is I want to eat non stop. 

Tomorrow I have to go to the doctor again to check my hips.  Since I was breech too I have a click in my hips that need to be checked out.  Nothing to worry about.  I am sure I'll be running around pretty soon.  That should make the rest of daddy's hair fall out.  

The meaning of life or the purpose of...

As she lays here and dreams in my arms I wonder what she is thinking.  My dreams are filled with my hopes and fears.  They represent a snapshot of my day, week month or year.  But she is here with only a few months of life to base her dreams and all is fine.  What could she dream?

She eats and she sleeps.  This is her goal in life for now.  This is what someone her age should be doing.  Growing up consumes all her energy. Nothing else.  It is a simple life at this point.  It gets a bit more complicated as she grows up.  

It concerns me that her dreams will change.  My goal is to make sure they change for the better.

New friends, sitting in the sun and my ugly buddy.

Daily change.

It seems that every day that goes by she changes just a bit more.  Today we had our check-up and she weighed a whopping 10 lbs 13 oz.  She has gone from the bottom of the statistical charts to nearly 50% across the board.  She has gone from very quiet to having quite a voice.  It appears she has a growth spurt going on and not much will make her feel all that good.  She wants to eat all the time but when you start to feed her she only eats a bit.  

It is easy to get frustrated but then you look down at her.  She is the most beautiful thing in my life and how could I get frustrated with her.  Even at her worst she is still wonderful.  

Today was bad because we had to get some vaccinations.  It is so hard to decide what shots to give them because all the hype over the connection of vaccines and autism and other things.  Even side effects of the shots are bad.  Why do they want you to get a Hep B shot?  Hep B is a sexually transmitted disease.  Why do they want you to get vaccinations for things they have cures for anyway.  It seems that preventive maintenance is far more profitable then actual medical care.  

Anyway we decided that she would get two shots.  I say we but I couldn't tell you what they were.  Either way neither was pleasant.  She cried the hardest she ever has.  It was very nerve wracking.   

What is up with this outfit? I look like I'm making a jail break from a pumpkin farm.

Feed Me Seymour!

Long Story Short

Okay.  Here I am today. If you have not paid attention to this point it would take too long for me to explain.  Long story short: Hazel was born 5 weeks early, everyone is happy and healthy, my company was purchased resulting in me being laid off and I now am a stay at home dad.  Who said change is tough?  

I have done many things in my life to earn a living but I have never done anything that has made such a difference in my life.  Right now my wife and I have decided that one of us should stay home a take care of our new daughter.  I have been on the job now for just over 10 days and I can't believe how much joy this brings me. 

It's a long road.  Enjoy what you can.