Congratulations to you and to your DW and DD!! I, being the proud owner of TWO of the little cutie-pies, can attest to the fact that your life will never be the same! (in a good way....most of the time!)
Welcome to the world of The Wiggles, Bear in the Big Blue House, Clifford the Big Red Dog and a strange little creature called "Spongebob". This Spongebob thing will become a major part of your life. You will learn the song, you will know the characters and you will pay $19.99 for the DVD of the show that you just watched on TV for free. He will also be the key player in some of the "weirder" scavenger hunts of your life. You will be sent out for Spongebob dolls, skates, backpacks, kitchenware, bedding and even panties. Just wait until your standing in front of the counter at your bakery describing a birthday cake as "He's a square, yellow sponge thingy with a big nose and buckteeth..." AAHHH! It doesn't get any better than that!
Cherish the time that she's a baby because it goes REALLY fast. I know that it will be hard to cherish the time while she's screaming louder than the space shuttle on take-off, at the same time that she is peeing all over while you try to change her diaper for the 10th time in the same hour but cherish it you will....at some point after you heal. Speaking of healing, she will think that it is kind of funny at some point to try to gouge out your eyes...always watch the eyes.
Another tip, a babies head is one of the hardest materials known to man. You thought diamonds were? Common misconception...it's a babies head. This will be proven to you when she unexpectedly lurches back and hits you square in the teeth with it...and the funny thing is that you shouldn't cry but she will! (like the space shuttle...and then she'll pee all over...)
It's all worth it though the day that, out of the blue, for absolutely no reason, she comes in the room, jumps up in your lap and gives you a kiss on the cheek and says "I love you Daddy!" At that moment, you'd change her diapers for 50 years, and you'd have that Spongebob guy tatooed on your arm, if that's what she wanted. ;-)
Good luck and God bless you and your family!
Roy
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