Milestones

It's really interesting what you find interesting as a new parent.

The grumpster found her feet this week.  Validating the names of yoga poses and seriously exciting her parents. No kidding, we were ecstatic.  SHE FOUND HER FEET!.

Now I mean no disrespect, but I wouldn't really care if your kid found their feet.  Big deal, they are attached for f$&# sake.

And there is my point.  My baby has lowered my standards for what counts as an exciting developmental milestone to whatever it is that she is doing right now.  Because that, whatever it is, is amazing.

Friday's with momma sue

Today is the first day of childcare for wiggles the kid.  My mom has graciously offered to help us out on Friday's.  Saving us money, and befriending her grandbaby all at once.  Good plan!

So I dropped her off at grandmas early early in the morning.  Hopefully a day without parents is smooth for us all.

But.  Caveat.  It's not such a risk. Im cheating.  I work from home, so I'll be in my mom's house too.

Sunsets with the fam.

Yesterday we walked over to the beach to watch the sunset together.  Living here is so great.  I hope we are still here  when the balding babino is old enough to really appreciate it.

Keepin it cool...

Life is good.  I am a genuinely happy man these days. My little girl is a blessing and I love her to bits.

I've been back at work for two weeks already!  And so far its been great. I am really lucky to have this great flexible job at this point in my life.

My point is, cool is cool, and I'm a total spaz for life these days.  And that's not keeping it cool.  But happy is cooler than cool and I'm cool with that.

Getting psyched for the new superman movie.

She is getting old fast!

Recently it seems the two foot tooter has accelerated her learning rate to a whole new level.

Everyday there is a new behavior.  She is getting good at reaching for objects.  Can't quite snatch the pebble from my hand yet, but I expect I'll be kicking her out of the temple soon.

This afternoon I got a giggle.  That was awesome.  Coos are for the birds. Baby giggles are where it's at.

Holy Moly my baby girl is cute.

I don't know where she gets it...

Or maybe I do.

Working from home is hard.

Nahh.  Not really.  It's awesome.

Another solid contender

This is Andie vs. her (middle) namesake Great Grandmother Dorothy

Whose nose is that...

A favorite topic of conversation at family gatherings these days is the source of Miss Shartypants various facial features.

Does she have my eyes, or Marin's brow?  Does she have my pop's tongue?

The fact is, she is like no one so much as herself. I catch glimpses of familiar faces when she smiles (or poops). No one family trait can be said to have triumphed in the great evolutionary gambit.  The Vaughn and Coon genes joined forces in a true generic meritocracy,  creating a wholly new and improved human being.  There is no baby photo from the past the bears exact comparison to my sweet girl.

But that said, if we are going to play the who does she look like game, I have to say I think my little brother has a commanding lead.

Nights and Weekends

Being back to work hasn't been so bad.  I've still got my two ladies at home all day.  And we still have great times... just on nights and weekend now :)

Hi Ho Hi Ho....

Back to work i go.




My extended vacation in daddering is ending today.  I have been really blessed to spend so much time focusing on my family, but alas, starting tomorrow I rejoin the rat race.  It has been really fun being a full time dad with an income.  If my ship ever comes in I know exactly what I want to do forever.  Nothing but hang out with my baby girl all day.

I am going to make the most of my last day with Old Man Squawk.  We are going for a walk on the beach.  Then probably we will sit around and stare at each other.  Maybe, just maybe, I will get her to drink from a bottle.   We're going to go to Home Depot. buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, and Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time.




I still get to work at home... And Marin is still off work for another 4 weeks.  So it wont be as bad of a transition as could be.  But I am going to miss doing nothing but looking into this cute face all day.





I will still update this blog any time Andie does something to impress me, which is pretty much daily.

What more can i say

Baby squawks has been trading her squawks for talks.  It is really cute.


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