April 09, 2006

Catching up on pictures

We haven’t put any pictures up in a week, so here come a bunch.

First, here’s how our cats respond to the kid. Get away from me!

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Before my mom & grandmom left, we got a four-generation picture:

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Here’s how mother and child now spend the mornings:

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Now, if you ask me, this fathering thing isn’t so hard. Earlier this week, we bought a baby sling that lets me carry him around and keep my hands free. So I can calm the baby and drink a beer, for example.

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Or calm the baby and give him one of my hats to wear.

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Sometimes, though, he just likes to be rocked to sleep. That’s when technology helps me with my fathering duties. I can hold him, rock him, and simultaneously watch The Daily Show on my video iPod.

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Alex turns three weeks old tomorrow, and so far we’re counting our blessings. No, he doesn’t sleep through the night — but he does fall back to sleep pretty quickly after he gets fed. And when he’s awake, he’s pretty calm. I don’t think we can have another kid, because I don’t think we’d be this lucky again.

—Brian


Written by Brian Dewey.

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