It's a girl! She was very modest yesterday, but let us get confirmation on gender. As soon as we did, she put her knees back together. That's my girl! She's well on her way to making sure I meet the number 1 goal. I am so excited to meet my sweet baby girl.
Everyone keeps telling me that if I try to make her a tomboy I will fail. But even if she isn't a tomboy, hopefully I can accomplish the following:
1. Make sure she doesn't throw/run/catch like a "girl" in the pejorative sense. I just don't want her to be hopelessly unathletic.
2. Make sure she associates watching basketball with her dad as a treat and fun to do.
3. See above regarding Swayze/Reeves/Stallone/Seagal pictures.
Other than that, she can do all the girly stuff she wants with her mom.
Until next time, Mahalo.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Bub's Reveal
Well, today is the day we find out if Bubs is a girl or a boy. I cannot wait to find out what we are having. Of course, the knowledge of gender brings separate lists of responsibility as a father.
If it's a girl, my list of jobs is pretty short but vitally important:
1. Keep her off the pole (Trademark Chris Rock);
2. Make sure she has self esteem and self worth, which will ensure No. 1 happens.
And that's it. That is my job.
A boy, on the other hand, will give me a pretty long list of responsibility, most of which are pretty frivolous. I will have to teach him;
1. to throw a ball without looking like a girl;
2. proper running form;
3. that Swayze/Cage/Stallone/Seagal are awesome;
4. how to be a gentleman (opening doors, how to get on a elevator, what not to say in front of women, etc);
5. how to tie a tie;
6. how to pretend to fix stuff even if you have no idea what is wrong;
7. how to tell a joke (which we will probably need to learn together...);
8. how to grill meat;
9. how to shave; and
10. to hate Duke with the passion of 1000 suns.
And that is just off the top of my head. All of those things will be essential to a long and happy life.
Seriously though, I just can't wait to find out and am so excited that I get to be a dad. And that my kid is going to have an awesome mom. If it's a boy, I just hope he is prepared for his buddies making jokes about how hot his mom is. Because that will happen.
Until next time, Mahalo.
If it's a girl, my list of jobs is pretty short but vitally important:
1. Keep her off the pole (Trademark Chris Rock);
2. Make sure she has self esteem and self worth, which will ensure No. 1 happens.
And that's it. That is my job.
A boy, on the other hand, will give me a pretty long list of responsibility, most of which are pretty frivolous. I will have to teach him;
1. to throw a ball without looking like a girl;
2. proper running form;
3. that Swayze/Cage/Stallone/Seagal are awesome;
4. how to be a gentleman (opening doors, how to get on a elevator, what not to say in front of women, etc);
5. how to tie a tie;
6. how to pretend to fix stuff even if you have no idea what is wrong;
7. how to tell a joke (which we will probably need to learn together...);
8. how to grill meat;
9. how to shave; and
10. to hate Duke with the passion of 1000 suns.
And that is just off the top of my head. All of those things will be essential to a long and happy life.
Seriously though, I just can't wait to find out and am so excited that I get to be a dad. And that my kid is going to have an awesome mom. If it's a boy, I just hope he is prepared for his buddies making jokes about how hot his mom is. Because that will happen.
Until next time, Mahalo.
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