Be afraid. Very afraid. Though in my case, Nick was walking for several days before I caught him; he'd plop down on his ass when he saw me, so I'd carry him. Once I busted him, he just started waddling all over the place, like "Game over, man!"
Yeah -- it's sheer greatness when they do that whole "I can only walk until you look at me and then, blam, I'm hitting the pavement" maneuver.
Tyson is right, though. BE AFRAID. At the point that they become mobile, your life becomes ALL about chasing after them just to make sure that they do not get into something that can maim and/or kill them. You will never look at a coffee table in the same way again.
In 5 short months I will have a teenager -- GOOD GOD! The time doesn't EVER go by any slower, my friend.
And, yeah, Muenzler ( Mels ) is the sickest motherfucker I know. ( this is why our friendship took immediate hold when she made a rape joke roughly 15 minutes after we had first met )
When she learns how to walk... or when she becomes unbearably lazy and prefers to take a 37 minute time-out instead of clean up the play room... or when she can write and draw and sing and make up jokes and stories but can't effectively wipe her ass... or when you try to make her eat just one little piece of broccoli after ten chicken nuggets and, upon touching the broccoli to her tongue, she promptly pukes all over your floor... or when she figures out you're entirely winging it as a parent and that your threats are mostly veiled and one day she looks you square in the eye and says, "prove yourself"...
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Be afraid. Very afraid.
Though in my case, Nick was walking for several days before I caught him; he'd plop down on his ass when he saw me, so I'd carry him. Once I busted him, he just started waddling all over the place, like "Game over, man!"
Yeah -- it's sheer greatness when they do that whole "I can only walk until you look at me and then, blam, I'm hitting the pavement" maneuver.
Tyson is right, though. BE AFRAID. At the point that they become mobile, your life becomes ALL about chasing after them just to make sure that they do not get into something that can maim and/or kill them. You will never look at a coffee table in the same way again.
In 5 short months I will have a teenager -- GOOD GOD! The time doesn't EVER go by any slower, my friend.
cut off her legs and make her a torso person. then strap her to a skateboard and scoot her around.
mels beat me to it. i was just going to say to BREAK her legs, though. DAMN! you're SICK!
I think they're only tired cliches when it's other people's kids.
Erin, I think you're right.
I've tried to be really conscious of not sounding like a douchebag where my daughter is concerned but, honestly, I'm giving less and less of a shit.
I think she's fucking AWESOME.
I just am not under the false impression that I'm the first person in the world to have a kid.
Nor do I automatically assume that those around me ( in a general sense, not my friends ) give a shit about my kid.
And, yeah, Muenzler ( Mels ) is the sickest motherfucker I know. ( this is why our friendship took immediate hold when she made a rape joke roughly 15 minutes after we had first met )
Ah, friends.
I think that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me, Michael :) Convince Melissa to open a Dallas branch and you guys move up here!
When she learns how to walk... or when she becomes unbearably lazy and prefers to take a 37 minute time-out instead of clean up the play room... or when she can write and draw and sing and make up jokes and stories but can't effectively wipe her ass... or when you try to make her eat just one little piece of broccoli after ten chicken nuggets and, upon touching the broccoli to her tongue, she promptly pukes all over your floor... or when she figures out you're entirely winging it as a parent and that your threats are mostly veiled and one day she looks you square in the eye and says, "prove yourself"...
What *do* you do? Seriously. I need help.
I don't give a shit what anyone else thinks, Michael. I'm with you - your daughter is fucking awesome. Do you want to trade with me?
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