Sometimes doing the smallest and dumbest of things with Elliot reminds me of this simple statement. At least daily I get affirmation of it, usually more than once a day. Things like seeing him smile, which makes me smile, which is starting to then make him smile even more. Or hearing him let out huge burps after eating, it makes mom and dad laugh, I cant wait til the day it makes him laugh too. So its not proper etiquitte to burp and think its funny...just call me whatever word it is when you dont have proper etiquitte :)
Today while changing a diaper, it just looked wet, so got that one off and wouldnt you know, the little turd tried to attack me with...well...turds. This time I was ready for his attack, SunTzu said "If once you are defeated but live to tell the tale, never fall victim to the same attack again, for you know already how to defeat it", in this particular case, this meant having a changing pad under his butt, one edge of it folded up over my leg, and a wipe on immediate standby to use as a shield from his "blast attack". This time Crystal was on hand to witness it and thought it was hilarious to watch. I have to admit, having lived thru the first one, and not being proud of my response, this time around it really was kinda funny. The poor diaper pad may never be the same...but its served its purpose in life.
Grandma and Grandpa Grimm are coming up from Arizona at the end of April, thankfully they can be here on my days off so I can get to visit w/ them some too. Elliot is looking forward to meeting his other Grandma and Grandpa, I'm glad they are able to take the time out of their busy lives to come up and see him, it means alot to me that they are doing it. Hopefully we can have a big family dinner while they are here and they can meet Crystals mom and dad too, I'd like that alot.
Your always hearing people say "its the little things that matter most in life", and now that I'm a dad, I can honestly stop thinking those people are crazy and didnt know what they are talking about, I'm a firm believer in that now, it really is the little things. Life is GOOD.
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