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I'm a dad....wow...craziness.
Thought I'd update you all on how it's going...in case you were curious.
MMM is starting to look like an actual infant, not a newborn anymore, which makes us happy. She looks less fragile and alien-like. =) She's "chubbin' out" as we like to say, with her putting in some good hard work on expanding the double chin to a triple, and adding chub rolls to the upper arms and thighs. She has an appointment tomorrow to see how much she's grown. I'm guessing she's close to 8lbs now. =)
She also has her eyes wide open when she's awake. You can almost see the wheels turning inside her little noggin. "Hmmm...how would I get that thing to get me more boob?" Thoughts such as that, we assume, are going on inside her head. A recent development, as of last night (who knows if it will continue, she does like to keep us on our toes) was that she wanted to eat every two hours, which does not allow mom to get much in the way of continous sleep. Tifsplane is kind enough to actual make me sleep more at night, since I'm back to working full time (mornings from home, afternoons at the office). I still wake up when she gets up to nurse, but I tend to speak in groggy jibberish and fall immediately back to sleep, or so she tells me. I just remember waking up now and then. The nighttime feedings are where Tifsplane catches up on her MTV shows and gets into new ones. Since everyone has started streaming their shows online, it makes TV that much less attractive to us, especially since we don't have a dish or cable up to the house yet. We weren't planning on getting it for awhile, and with this great new "on demand" internet tv-thingie going on, doubt we'll ever get it. It means more time for movies! We're definitely getting our monies worth of that blockbuster online subscription! (We watch them together while she nurses too) I would guess we go through 12 movies a month or so. This way we can watch good ones (Endurance, Sleven, etc.) and watch crap we'd never go to see in a theatre (John Tucker Must Die, Bring it on Again).
I dig fatherhood. It still feels surreal. According to my Bro-in-law who is the father of my only nephew who just turned one, its still surreal. I believe him. Sometimes I'm amazed that we have her, other times, I still feel like an insecure 16 year old who doesn't really know what he's gotten himself into, but that feeling comes and goes all the time, even before MMM.
We're adjusting, and starting to get the hang of it...I do like this newborn stage, but I'm super excited for her to become a bit more interactive...which will be in the next month or so. I guess the timing is good, as we're all traveling out for the L&D wedding in Jan, with the mother-in-law, who will watch MMM while we boogie down. Speaking of which, I need to start working on a toast. =)
Hope everyone is well, much love from the whole fam.
Peace out, or at least till she starts fussing again. =)
Thought I'd update you all on how it's going...in case you were curious.
MMM is starting to look like an actual infant, not a newborn anymore, which makes us happy. She looks less fragile and alien-like. =) She's "chubbin' out" as we like to say, with her putting in some good hard work on expanding the double chin to a triple, and adding chub rolls to the upper arms and thighs. She has an appointment tomorrow to see how much she's grown. I'm guessing she's close to 8lbs now. =)
She also has her eyes wide open when she's awake. You can almost see the wheels turning inside her little noggin. "Hmmm...how would I get that thing to get me more boob?" Thoughts such as that, we assume, are going on inside her head. A recent development, as of last night (who knows if it will continue, she does like to keep us on our toes) was that she wanted to eat every two hours, which does not allow mom to get much in the way of continous sleep. Tifsplane is kind enough to actual make me sleep more at night, since I'm back to working full time (mornings from home, afternoons at the office). I still wake up when she gets up to nurse, but I tend to speak in groggy jibberish and fall immediately back to sleep, or so she tells me. I just remember waking up now and then. The nighttime feedings are where Tifsplane catches up on her MTV shows and gets into new ones. Since everyone has started streaming their shows online, it makes TV that much less attractive to us, especially since we don't have a dish or cable up to the house yet. We weren't planning on getting it for awhile, and with this great new "on demand" internet tv-thingie going on, doubt we'll ever get it. It means more time for movies! We're definitely getting our monies worth of that blockbuster online subscription! (We watch them together while she nurses too) I would guess we go through 12 movies a month or so. This way we can watch good ones (Endurance, Sleven, etc.) and watch crap we'd never go to see in a theatre (John Tucker Must Die, Bring it on Again).
I dig fatherhood. It still feels surreal. According to my Bro-in-law who is the father of my only nephew who just turned one, its still surreal. I believe him. Sometimes I'm amazed that we have her, other times, I still feel like an insecure 16 year old who doesn't really know what he's gotten himself into, but that feeling comes and goes all the time, even before MMM.
We're adjusting, and starting to get the hang of it...I do like this newborn stage, but I'm super excited for her to become a bit more interactive...which will be in the next month or so. I guess the timing is good, as we're all traveling out for the L&D wedding in Jan, with the mother-in-law, who will watch MMM while we boogie down. Speaking of which, I need to start working on a toast. =)
Hope everyone is well, much love from the whole fam.
Peace out, or at least till she starts fussing again. =)