8-Month Update

Late in Melissa's pregnancy someone said "I want to see you keep the blog going once the baby is born." At the time I thought, "no problem".

I was wrong... clearly. This is the first "real" update in months. Oh well... so goes the life of a busy dad.

It's not that I don't have the time. There are plenty of free moments, but I use those to do other things, shower, eat, and most importantly sleep (I'll tell you what we don't do... watch movies. We've had the same DVDs from Netflix for months).

The good news is-- eight months later, things are getting easier. Dominic is sleeping more of the night. He can sit up, which means he can play on his own. And he loves toys, especially the ones that play music (and what's not to love about hearing the same song over and over and over again). He loves to laugh, and we love to laugh with him.

The bad news-- I think things are about to get harder. Dominic seems to be on the verge of crawling (or walking, I really not sure which he's going to do first). Mobility scares me... a lot. Someone else said to me, "once they can walk, you're always one fall away from the ER". Great!

And let's be honest, there's nothing more painful than watching your kid be in pain. Dominic bumped his head pretty good the other day, and it took all I had not to cry, while he was crying. I guess that's how it goes.

Praying for toys perhaps?

Now we're getting ready to share our first Christmas with Dominic. Can't wait... even though he's already the best present I've ever received (although, that Josh Freeman jersey I got from my birthday was pretty nice too).