Elijah is like 4 months here. He and I were laying down and he was flapping around having a good ole time with his mobile. He just started smiling here. We were having fun. Really liked the camera so we were snapping all kinds of pictures. I think this was Thanksgiving weekend. The "eccentric" "less conventional" sister in law snapped this picture.
Elijah after a day of boating, sunshine and lots of love.
All my posts this week will be dedicated to the fine son, who turns 1 on Friday. The "more refined" sister in law took this picture up in Tahoe last month. Elijah really brightened everyone's day on that trip.
Having a child is still the scariest of things I have ever encountered in my life. Forget those tough tests in school or selling that big client who can shape my entire economic existence. I've actually never been afraid of people my whole life. But I was afraid a year ago when Elijah came to us. I was very afraid. I am still very afraid. It's really hard to explain. I fear him in some ways you'd think were quite odd. I fear him having pain. I fear him being uncomfortable. I fear his cries. His cries when he won't stop crying. You may not know it, but my whole life I have been a selfish person. (A quick, "Duh!" will be heard repeatedly around my family and friends who read this post) Fear does not help a selfishness. Everyday I try... Babies don't come with an "off" switch.
I guess the best part now is seeing what's coming out of Elijah as he has gotten a little older. His smiles. His laughter at things that he sees as new, like the cat jumping off the couch or the snap of your fingers. His attempts at saying, "Ball" and "Uh Oh" are not quite there but you really want to help by repeating it over and over. "Daddy" is going to be a bit more complicated to say... I'll keep waiting though. So many words... so much time. As long as he doesn't pick up my frequent use of one-syllable words we're all good.
He stood today. All on his own. No support... Each day brings a new milestone, a new chapter, a new phase. We'll forever for the day he goes to school, or gets that first "A" on his report card or for the day when he rips the diaper off and smears it along the walls. We'll wait for those days... I just want to enjoy those simple things that are new to him now. I can't wait to see him walking or running ahead to the park.
This is why we are at war. And this is what happens when Barak Obama opens his mouth and talks about it. See... A liberal can incite civil unrest too. It ain't gonna get any better if you elect a Democrat. Got it?
Really great new album from these guys above rocking out in their 40's. Greg looks a bit hot and pissed to be there and his voice sounds like shit but I guess if you your day job is a professor at UCLA and your night job is rocking out in your legendary punk rock band, you gotta commend him for laying down some killer words.
Oh... not only is the new Bad Religion titled "New Maps to Hell" ... it is also the pseudonym for the YearlyKos event happening in Chicago. (I know I am such a paradox going from a hard left band to bashing a liberal group) but seriously... Do we really need a bunch of bloggers sitting in a big room rehashing old shot gun jokes about Cheney and calling Bush stupid. Bush is stupid... and? what else?
See... that's where today's liberalism just stops. The ideas stop there... oh and then bring the troops home... leaving the poor bastards who have been in Korea for the past 50 years or the guys in Germany who have been there for 60 years keeping the piece. (Has Germany gone apeshit on France lately? I think not) But bring the troops out of Iraq where there is a huge cesspool of decay and corruption that will just destroy the world economy. I can go on for hours.
Elijah and me
