Amelia Bella

Many of you heard me say, over and over, that I never wanted kids. Well I offically have eaten those words many times over. You never know how great it is until you have one of your very own. And while I'm sure there's going to be some trials down the road, I am consistently amazed at how much bigger my heart has grown since my daughter came into my life. No matter what kind of mood I'm in every morning, when I see the look on my daughter's face, each time I go into her room, and she laughs and hops up and down because she's happy to see me, it gets my day off on the right start every time.


Amelia is such a bundle of energy. Always happy. Always laughing. Every day it seems there's some new development. She makes a new sound, a new face, trys some new food, trys walking a little bit more. She can already stand on her own for about 5 seconds, and the other day she learned to say "apple."


I think I was always wary of having kids, because I'd always see such bad kids everywhere. And bad people in general, who were most likely bad kids once, with bad parents. Sure the world is over populated, but what's worse is the world is getting overpopulated with jerks, creeps and Republicans of all kinds. We gotta bring some cool kids into this world to counteract this trend. That's my feeling now. It's not that I ever loathed the thought of being a dad. I actually used to daydream about it often, though secretly. I was convinced I never wanted them, because I'd make a terrible father. So I kept those dreams to myself. I used to assume all kids nowadays grow up bad, and there's little you can do to prevent that from happening in such a tumultuous world. I admit it still scares me from time to time. I can already see myself becoming a bit too overprotective of my daughter. But at least I am no longer convinced that I would make a terrible dad. Fatherhood is wonderful, and there's so many things that are right about being a dad. It just makes all those dumb little immature things, and little insecurities and habits that you never liked about yourself just fade away. I finally feel like my life matters to someone; my wife and child.


So now I'm going to do what every proud parent does... post cheesy pictures of my kid for everyone to see. Who would have thought, three years ago, that this would be me? Certainly not I!