The Newest Almonte
But it’s a secret. The baby’s telling us to shhh! lol
A Bit Rusty
September 30, 2009 - One Response
Dad's a bit rusty at feeding me.
So I had some trouble feeding Mak. In my defense, she headbutted the spoon. Regardless, it’d been almost 3 weeks since I last fed her. I need some practice.
The Last day
September 27, 2009 - Leave a Response
10:15 pm. ETA
It wasn’t enough to go two-and-a-half weeks without my girls. Nope. But their flight had to arrive at the very end of the on Sunday.
This has been a lot harder then I expeceted it to be. The house seems far too quiet. My life felt far more unorganized(some time during the last 6-7 years, Gabby has become our family-time-manager.) Everything seems to go by slowly.
But that’s over. My girls will be home tonight.
P.S. Thanks to all of my peoples who helped make the time go by a little faster.
—–Edit at 5:45 pm—–
Just got an update from the Airline. Flight has been delayed until 11:30 pm. They want me to wait ALL of sunday as well.
Letting go
September 8, 2009 - Leave a Response
When I get home, they’ll both be gone.
For two weeks, my family will be visiting Costa Rica, visiting Gabby’s family. Truthfully, I have been very excited for them. Makayla get’s to meet Gabby’s grandmother, who she’s named after. It’s something that I really wanted to make sure happened as she hasn’t been in the best of health. When the opportunity came for them to go, we jumped on it. It felt good to know that it was being done.
But that was two months ago. Now? I’m struggling with it. For two weeks, I won’t see Mak’s big smile when I first pop into whatever room is crawling in. Gabby’s cooking won’t be drawing me into the apartment from the hallway. Gabby won’t hug me when I come in. Mak won’t be there to give me her drool-filled-kiss.
Two weeks.
I am very happy that they are going to do this. But noone said I can’t be a little sad at the same time.
Mak’s Baptism
June 3, 2009 - One Response
Part of becoming Better for her involves my spiritual journey. It has been proven on many occasions that most people’s beliefs, values and morals, are highly reflected in their children. Admittedly, I don’t think that I have done as much work on that side of my life in the last few years. With Makayla’s arrival, me and Gabby spent a lot of our time discussing how we should go about making sure that we passed the right values along to our girl.
The baptism was our first step. I know that its an expected step in most christian-Latino families, but we’ve taken its intent to heart. It’s us acknowledging our responsibility in front of our family and friends. More importantly, it’s us acknowledging this in front of each other and her.
Baptism smile
The First Feeding
May 27, 2009 - 5 Responses
Makayla tries to deal with her parents attempting to give her food.
more about "The First Feeding on Vimeo", posted with vodpod
Now What?
February 15, 2009 - 2 Responses
Many people have asked me what am I going to talk about now? With Mak’s arrival, the updates have slowed down and people began to think that the site had come to an end.
The truth is, this is the time that I truly began the site for. As the time for Makayla’s arrival got closer, I spent a lot of my time thinking about the qualities that I felt would make a good dad. Truthfully, I can’t say that I had most of the things on my checklist. But by the same token, I didn’t think that I was too far off from having them either.
And that’s what I plan to layout here from now on. Becoming better for her has become far more important to me than anything else I’ve tried to take on. I think it’s important for dad’s to be ok with not being perfect. For them to acknowledge they aren’t always ready for what parenthood brings. For it to be ok to not always know what to do.
But what isn’t ok is the acceptance of this. I want to better myself for her, but I also want my peers, who one day will be parents themselves(if they aren’t already) to know that they aren’t the only ones on this journey. Hopefully in my process of becoming better for her, others wont feel alone in trying to become better for their joy. And in return, I get their support and opinions on parenting as well.
Source of Power
February 5, 2009 - 5 Responses
She makes it difficult.
Leaving for work every morning is a challange. I get up, tired from the long work shift of the night before. I drag through my morning rituals and prepare to leave. Before I do, I kiss my wife goodbye and spend a few minutes looking at Makayla.
Her face is full of peace. Relaxed. Calm. Round. Beautiful.
I get this huge feeling of sadness. Knowing that I will not see her for several hours makes the last few steps before leaving nearly impossible every morning.
She makes it easy.
I’ve had a difficult time adjusting to my new schedule. Between picking up extra hours at work, moving into a new place, and other added responsibilities, I’ve felt a bit short on time.Drained. Stressed, even. I begin to wonder how I’ll make it.
But then I think of her face. Relaxed. Calm. Round. Beautiful.
