Loooong Time Away
Kids, I apologize for the length of time between emails. I said in the last one that my little baby girl Catriona would likely take up most of my time. And I was right, more than I knew at the time. She is now an amazing 10 month old, capable of self propulsion, with the occasional "pull up" as the saying goes. She has gone from a cute little attention getter, lying on a blanket, to an equally cute little attention getter, that can leave the room should she desire.
(Jump ahead by a few days)
So while I was originally typing the previous paragraph, while on call for my job, I was called in. Thus the abrupt ending to my first blog posting in months. All was well. It's just the nature of the job to get called at 11:00pm at night to help someone breathe. However, that is a topic for a blog posting at another time.
Point is this: Catriona is beautiful, fun and full of personality now. I can't even imagine what life was like without her. And I don't want to. Thankfully I also don't have to. I get to see her (usually) smiling face most mornings, and often get to put her to bed. I love being the last face she sees before she dreams her dreams. Jenn and I share this duty so it is not exclusively MY job (not really a job at all to be honest). Recently Jenn stopped breast feeding Catriona and we have switched her fairly easily to formula. While I'm sure that Jenn feels that she has lost what was a specific "mommy & daughter bonding time", I am happy to feel more useful in giving Jenn was is a well deserved break from HAVING to be the one to feed Catriona before bedtime. It opens up more possibilities and allows me to experience something that has been thus far, an impossibility. Plus it lets me be even closer to my little girl.
10+ months in, and without a hint of irony or sarcasm (weird for me I know), being with The Cat just gets more fun, more interesting, and more rewarding. What is amazing is that there is so much more ahead than behind at this point. I can't wait to see what interests she will have, what toys she will love/not love. I look forward to providing her with information, with ideas, with suggestions that she can take or leave. I look forward to seeing movies with her, reading with her, walking and talking with her. In short, there is very little I'm not looking forward to doing with my Catriona.
But first I'll let her be a baby. She's still entitled to that.
If you wish to see up to date photos of my little girl, go to www.flickr.com/doccomoli/sets. This should get you where you want to go. Until next time, and next topic. Aloha.
