Let me start out by apologizing to all of you who read my blog. It has been a very interesting journey so far and as most of you know, a time consuming effort at that. Here I am today with a beautiful baby girl that just lights up my life every time I see her cute face. She is 1 month old tomorrow, but doesn't seem like it. Although the days have been somewhat pleasant, it's the evenings/nights we tend to question. Some nights she sleeps well and doesn't wake Daddy much. But some nights she has a hard time sleeping and keeps Daddy up most of the night. Lets just say work the next day is a challenge. I do enjoy seeing Mrs. Christina and Brynley bond together. She is very good with Brynley, but there are times where she questions her motherly instincts. I try to remain positive and patient with two of them, because I know it can be very frustrating trying to figure out what works and what doesn't to try and calm the little one. So I try and take over when I get home from work, but that presents a challenge too seeing that I don't have the "goods". It's ok, I WOO "Booger' with my dancing and singing. I call her Booger, because she is so tiny - like a booger.. Well some peoples boogers, there are few peeps out there with marble size boogies. Sorry, off topic.......I have a secret way to calm her, but Mommy has been advised to not use my tactics. This is to ensure that I maintain my bond with her and she knows who her Daddy is.
I think Christina and I have become somewhat immune to baby cries. It seems Brynley enjoys crying ALOT! So having a lot of patience really helps when dealing with a baby that practically squeals louder than the bark of our dog, Astro. I am dead serious here people. Any one of you can come stay the night and get a real taste of her true actions. But seeing her with her eyes wide open and her just lying there peacefully just takes the place of her fussiness. I don't think you really know how much work it is until you are actually a parent. You hear about it and read about it, but you always think people are just exaggerating. I know Christina has worked her butt off with caring for Brynley and also completing other things around the house, updating her status on facebook, or calling her man at work -ME :) She tackles the laundry, takes care of the kitchen, and picks up around the house -all while caring for a 1 month old! Pretty impressive right. I tell ya, I would be worn out if that were me.
I am going to try and continue updating my blog every week and I want to include a short story of Brynley's antics to bring some life to this blog. Give you an inside perspective of what we go through or what we are having trouble with. So in conclusion, here is my story.
On a cool, dry Sunday afternoon we all gear up for what we think will be a piece of cake kind of day. Brynley's first photo shoot is today and we have all her outfits picked out. She has been bathed, fed, and now changed. BML Photography shows at around 12:30pm to set up a mini studio for the glamorous Brynley. "Alright, here we go. Lets get this paparrazi show going" I say. Let me say that the whole picture taking was not as smooth as we had hoped. She was crying, she was fussy, she was moving all about and not quite sure how these photo's will turn out. Typically, you see alot of newborn pictures where the baby is sleeping in these cute little poses. HA, not Brynley. She was awake the whole time and could not get in a nice and comfortable position to pose for the camera. We would practically give her a little taste of milk that was left on the nipple of the bottle to try and sooth her. She caught on real fast that there was no milk coming out of it. One picture we did was where Mommy and Daddy were holding Brynley by our fingertips. I was holding the rear end and Christina was holding her head. We maybe got 2 or 3 good photos and about the second photo she decided to poop a little, in Dad's fingers. How nice of her right? So I clean my fingers and we try to calm her down again. This time we were ready and she was doing so great. Last picture in this pose and wouldnt you know it.........A stream of pee gushing out all over my hands and feet and also on the sheet we were standing on. What a wonderful daughter she is. :) All in all, she was a trooper. I think later that night we had the best sleep we had ever had in a while. Moral of the story, make sure you wear shoes and socks if holding a new born by her bum!. Have a good night!
