Being a parent version 1

Man how i never thought it would be easy but man some days its hard. Thank God for Missy, me being the normal dad always goes for "mom" for answers. The first day they send you home with out and instruction booklet that was crazy. I could never imagine being a signal parent, for those of you that are how do you do it???? I guess the first one is always a learning experience. Carter is now almost a year old so i started this just a little late, but he's all over the place now where before he was just content to lay on the floor. He has already been out of the country (Norway) and i have learned never travel on a plane with an infant. Not fun, he did good but it was hard for me to sit still for 8 hrs. Right now his days are full of crawling, walking (holding on to things) and trying to get the dog. I feel bad for poor Bailey at first she just wanted to lick him and now he's after her no matter where she goes. Like today he jumped on her, thank god she took it good.

There are many things i am thankful for, Clifford the Big Red Dog tends to keep him entertained, Fraggle rock, and Colbie Caillat is only one that can put him a sleep in the car. He just got Hand Foot and Mouth, so he will be out of daycare for a while. Speaking of daycare that's the cost of a car payment. There are a lot of hidden costs with children, but they are all worth it. And Thank God for Missy, speaking of that i can't wait until she gets home from work Carter is going crazy wanting to spend some time with Mommy. Right after he tries to answer the remote. The little monster likes cell phones, i guess fitting because i work for a cell phone company. Books are another good thing, he loves to point out things in them, not sure what he's trying to say just yet but give it some time.

Well it's snack time so we better get out a fig newton or 2 :)