A Late Night Snuggle

So, not too good at keeping up with the updates, but hey at least it's not a couple months down the road! Anyways, to my update. I love that my little girl is growing up. She is constantly amazing me at what she does and says and it gets me excited about what is around the corner and all of the fun stuff she has yet to learn. Just this past weekend, she walked around in some sandals that Casey put her in that she was too small to wear before and she loved them. Wouldn't let Casey take her out of them. It was too funny.

It's little moments like that, which make me smile and laugh and just love her so much more every day. But last night I realized something in the fact that she is growing up and that all these moments that I am enjoying now will becoming memories. Makes me a little sad every time I think about it. Every night I go into Ellie's room and check on her before I go to bed. I usually end up putting her blanket on her, even though I'm sure the wiggle worm will have it off of her in the very near future.

But last night she ended up waking up and she sat right up and just looked at me and waved her arms around like she wanted to be picked up. I tried to lay her back down, but she just rolled over and sat up again, this time with some whimpers, like she wanted me to pick her up even more. I did just that. I grabbed her, the blanket, and her pacifier and we sat down into the rocking chair and with her head on my chest, we just rocked for a good long while. It was that moment last night that I enjoyed that memory. Like, I know I'm not going to get many moments like this all the time, so enjoy it. Plus with Ellie, it's rare that she'll snuggle with you anymore. She's usually too distracted with the world around her.

But it was nice. I just kissed her head and rubbed her back while her little hand tugged on my shirt collar. It's moments like that I realize how much I love her and how blessed I am to have her in my life. She makes my life sweeter every day. And what's even better to have Ellie in my life is to have Casey with me too. I give amazing "props" to the woman and men out there that raise a child on their own. Casey is my support on so many levels and I love her so much. I have two amazing girls in my life and I'm lucky that they love me back! haha. Until next time....

Daddy Daughter Day

Well, my wife got to see some of her old friends this Sunday. I got to spend some time with Ellie all by myself. As you can see by this posting, we survived. No house fires or anything broken. Of course the living room had toys strewn around everywhere!

Ellie and I had a great time. I think I could watch her facial expressions all day. Her little smirks, smiles, "questioning" looks are absolutely entertaining. Oh, and she finally stood up all by herself. She has already been pulling herself up on things like the couch and shimming around, but this was the first time she literally just stood straight up in the middle of the floor. She was smiling right at me and me right back at her, but of course there is never a camera, camcorder, cell phone, polaroid, etc. when you need one! But I'll at least have the memory of it. We will definitely get it on camcorder when she does it longer.

Overall it was a great day. Ellie and I have a blast and Mommy got some well needed time with some old friends. Now, another week of work begins. Wish me luck!

Hiatus Over Hopefully

I haven't written anything on this blog in a while. I was trying something new and basically got side tracked for the past couple of months. I will try to keep this going more often. Maybe something every couple of days if time permit.

So a lot has happened since my last point. Mainly, my little girl is now a little over ten months old! I can't believe it. As everyone has said and will say in the future, "Time does fly!" I feel just like last week I was getting up every couple of hours on the couch while my wife and I touch shifts to feed Ellie. Now she's crawling around and getting into everything that she can reach and touch. Even though that is a new level of toughness in becoming a parent, it's wonderful to see her develop and start to mature.

Her personality is really coming out and she's really starting to grow into her own little person. No longer is she the little baby that use to just watch me wash her bottles and snuggle. Now she's the little baby that can follow me around, and wants me to hold her so she can wash the bottles with me, and when we snuggle....well, let's just say that she loves my glasses and loves poking her finger in my eye!

She also has some new stuff that she can do. She can basically say the word dog, dada, and mama. She of course has her baby talk which is absolutely hilarious but mostly just sounds like a Sims character. The funny thing is that she can say dog and my wife and I thought that it was her understanding what our dogs looked like. Well, we were half right, but now she thinks anything with four legs that doesn't look like a human, is now a "doogg" Well, I'll post more and definitely try to keep up with this. For now, I leave you with a most recent picture of my little one.

One of the Latest Pics

Just wanted to post a pic of her in her bumbo. She's starting to like that more.

Good Stuff

So, I know by now while reading this blog, it seems that all I ever talk about is how sleepy and tired I am. I wanted to write a little about all the stuff I love so far being a new dad. I thought about it last night while holding my little girl. I never knew how much the smell of my baby would just make me feel comfortable and relaxed. There something about when I kiss her neck or head and I smell her right after a bath or just at the end of my work day.


It's hard to explain that smell. It's unlike any thing you have smelt before and it becomes familiar and calming. I also love when she smiles at me when she sees me. It could be because she thinks I'm funny looking, but I'd like to think it's because she is happy to see me. She's starting to hold on to things too. I love when I pick her up and she can now sort of wrap her arm around my neck. It's exciting to know that she'll only be able to do more as she gets older. Of course it's sad, because I know that as that happens, she'll never be this little any more.

So for now, I'll sit back and enjoy this small moments. All the smells and all the little things. It's a truly amazing experience to be a dad and nothing can compare to it. I hope that everyone that wants to experience this, can. Well, that's it for now. I'll post more later.

Animals

So, I thought that raising a child would be extremely hard. I could not imagine doing it with a toddler or another baby. But why is it that taking care of the pets you have becomes harder? I feel like we have been neglecting them recently with play time with them, but there isn't enough hours in the day to do that. And with that being said, it seems that they are "acting" out more. Isabelle decided last night that she would let me know she was lonely and starts to whine at 4a.m. I was so exhausted because I had just put Elle down to sleep for her 3a.m. feeding. Hopefully this won't happen again.

Elle is doing great now. I just got over a sickness, which kicked my butt for about a week. My wife is fighting it now and hopefully will be back to normal by this weekend. Elle is still a little sick as well, but she's always smiling through her coughs and such. I hope that her attitude towards sickness stays that way, but who knows. She's has her baby well check up on this Friday and I'll post her weight and length. I'm curious because I know she's grown because she's not fitting in any of her clothes anymore. It's time to move up to the 3-6 months finally :) Well, I'll post more later on Friday afternoon.

Sickness

So, I haven't put anything on here for the past while, but now the holidays are over and I should be able to update this more frequently. The past week, I have been sick. My little girl is sick too. That stinks, because that leaves mommy to fend for herself and take care of two sick pups. :) Hopefully I will be better by the weekend and Elle will too. Let's also hope that Casey stays well, and doesn't get sick her self.

Overall, Elle is doing great and I love being a Dad. She went through a little growth spurt and bundle that with a sickness, she was getting up about every hour on the hour throughout the night, which made it very difficult for me to get sleep. I'm on the night duty! But now, she seems to be feeling better for the most part and is pretty much sleeping from 7ish to about 2-3a.m. Gets up, I feed her, and then she goes back down to bed. Then I usually have to wake her up in the morning to take her to the babysitters. Well, I'll post another pictures soon and give a little more updates later.