Daddy is a Little Overwhelmed

I swear I'm working on updating some recent videos to post on Charlie's site. It seems like she is doing so many "new" things these days, that by the time I get an evening to start editing movies, I find myself buried in 70 clips that I really want to put up. The big challenge? Taking all those clips, well over an hour worth of great stuff, and clipping it down to that "perfect" 3-minute movie.

Honestly, Charlie has been so active and playful over the past couple of months that by the time she goes down for bed at night, it's difficult to be motivated to do anything but relax for an hour or so before bed myself.

For the men out there who work 70-hour work weeks and come home wondering why your wife doesn't want to go out for dinner or just wants to take a nap... try it for a few days. You'll see. We have a great schedule that allows us to share the duties pretty equally. I just can't imagine either of us having to shoulder the entire responsibility.

Beck and I have a little angel for a daughter. Really. She is so well behaved it is scary. How did we get so lucky? But even with a cooperative little peanut, it's still exhausting by the end of the day. Especially as the weather gets cold and nasty. Nothing is more boring to a baby than sitting in the house all day... and boring = grumpy. Even for Charlie.

If we're fortunate, sooner or later, Charlie is going to have a little brother or sister. I can't even imagine how challenging that will be!! I guess you just figure that out too. I can still remember the incredibly quiet ride home from the hospital with Charlie. Beck and I silently thinking, "what do we do now?" It seems like yesterday.