S'been a while...Sorry about that

So it’s been a while since my last blog post. Sorry about that, but I think I have a pretty good excuse.

After going through the hell that is being a new parent, the sleepless nights, the crying, the screaming, the vomiting, the poor bladder control…and that’s just me. Don’t even get me started on what my darling little girl went through…

But after going through all that, my wife looked at me and said “D’you want to do this again?”

To which I replied “Sure, why the hell not?”

[note: this is not a per verbatim transcript of the actual conversation]

So we did. Now I have a little boy. Zach is his name. I almost had him named Luke. My beautiful wife was in agreement that Luke was a good name for a boy. However, it got cut when I came home a little drunk one night and put my mouth next to my wife’s belly and said “Luke, I’m your father.” That was the end of that. I almost had it, too. I almost had the Star Wars geek’s dream situation, a son named Luke. I was gonna get a Darth Vadar mask and everything.

Still, Zach’s a cool name. I like the cool handles you can come up with like Zach Attack and Zach-a-roni and…Alright, so far I’ve only got those two. But I’m working on some other ones.

…Zach-ster?

…Zach ness monster?

Like I said, I’m working on them.

Anyway…

Zach is six months old, so we’re pretty much through the worst of it now. Like I’ve said before, you make it through the first four months and you’re golden. Although…I am still getting up in the middle of the night to feed him. And he still cries for no good reason. And he screams when you don’t get to him right away. And he spits up on me a lot. And the bladder control is still an issue.

Wait. Why did we do this again?

Oh right, because despite all the crap you go through [figurative and literally], they are still kind of cool. Kids man, am I right?

So now I’ve got two…A girl named Abby and a boy named Zach. So I’ve been busy. But that’s not the only reason why I haven’t written recently. I’m still not really sure what exactly I’m trying to do with this blog. Am I trying to educate new parents? Or entertain experienced parents? And with two children it got even more confusing…do I write about Abby, the toddler…or Zach the baby. Cause two kids is a whole new world for me…a whole new adventure…

Hey that works out pretty good, cause the blog is called Adventures of Dad, right? Get it? Yup, I closed that circle nicely.

…Zach-tastic? No, that’s no good, sounds stupid…Zach-gammon? Hmm…maybe, just maybe…