daddyhood

What can I say about daddyhood? How about "I absolutely love it"! It kind of just feels right. I wake up and see a little boy smiling at me. I think about him when I have to go to work but know someday he will understand why daddy has to be gone all day. If I get to see him at lunch, I love the simple pleasure of changing a diaper or giving him a bottle. I can't wait to come home each day and see his face light up with a little smile when I walk through the door. Then I get to have our nighttime routine of story time and little hugs and kisses with this smiling little guy.

There was a funny yet sad moment on the "The Office" tv show when the main characer "Michael Scott" is showing an old movie of himself talking about what he wants to do when he grows up. He says he wants to get married and have 100 kids so that he will have 100 friends. Even though fake, it would be sad to think of a kid who felt he needed to have kids to have friends. So anyways, my point is that it is so neat to think that I have this boy for the rest of my life that I get to love him and get to tell him each day that "I love him" and "I will always love him". It is such an example of the ultimate relationship that I can have with those around me. Having people in your life know that you love them and you will always love them (without them being blood-related to you), how amazing could that be. I don't know if anyone around me feels that way, but that is the kind of love that I want to show.

son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, friend, husband, uncle, and now daddy