i've learned quite a bit about my son this week. i think in the future, i will come to love this time in our lives together. i will come to cherish it. i mean vacation time. time when i can leave work behind and just sort of stop and really invest time in enjoying what i have. my beautiful wife and child. i'm young in terms of my work career, but i really do believe that for myself i can see my wildest dreams come true in their smiles. everything i ever wanted to do, everything i ever wanted to be...just knowing that my son is flourishing and i am, in part, responsible for that.

anyway, what i've learned thus far about my son.


1) elijah's teeth are, indeed, quite sharp, and no, i cannot "take it."

2) without provocation, elijah will break your glasses while glaring defiantly and screaming, "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?"

3) elijah cannot tell time and therefore does not care that it is just half past the butt-crack of dawn.

4) when given the choice between playing with an unbreakable plastic toy and playing with the very expensive, very breakable window coverings in the condo...you can guess the rest.

5) elijah is always positive that your glass of delicious ice cold water is better than his sippie cup. there is nothing you can do to convince him otherwise.

6) elijah will never apologize for sticking his pasta & tofu covered fingers into your glass of delicious ice cold water. in fact, he will glare defiantly at you and scream "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?"

7) elijah must have your straw. if you do not give it to him, there will be consequences.

8) elijah's motto has become "ask for forgiveness rather than permission."

9) i believe that elijah takes the phrase "bad baby" as praise from a wimpy liberal for "staying the course." (<- i think that phrase has become as infamous as hilary's "vast right wing conspiracy" snippet)

10) elijah believes that i should appreciate the fact that he deigns to backwash into my glass of delicious cold water. he will never apologize for this blessing.

*smile* i love being a father. i can honestly say that should i put aside all the other ambitions of my life, i would rest easy knowing that i am raising (will raise) a sweet boy who will grow into a good man.