Six weeks In

Yesterday marked six weeks for little Clare. Already it is amazing how much she has grown and changed. It is also remarkable how much my life has changed and I didn't even notice until I looked back. For instance, I never understood why parents seem to hum so much; now I do. I find myself humming all the time. And not just humming the last song I heard on the radio, or a song from my latest CD, but rather songs like "The Rainbow Connection", "Over the Rainbow" and my own little compilation/remix of all your favorite songs rolled into one. It is so bad that the other night Julia needed to wake me from my sleep to let me know that I did not need to pat Clare and hum to her because I was not holding her but rather a pillow. From what i hear it was not the first time.

I am happy to report that Clare also has super human abilities. She is able to poop through multiple outfits in one day. The reason I share this with you is because it is just one of the new criteria we know have for judging good days vs. bad days. Just a few short weeks ago days were judged by what time you got out of the house, or how our students were. Things like traffic, and our mood actually mattered. Now the only thing that we seem to care about is how many outfits she went through, how much of that awesome baby stain spray was needed, was the sink involved, did she have good awake time, was mommy able to have a nap, and whether or not we had an opportunity to check our email.

Suffice to say: Life has changed, but I don't seem to care too much.

Now this may have all seemed like a shameless attempt to earn points by making my mom cry- Well it is.

Now a bit of what is to come: Tomorrow I am going to get my wisdom teeth out. I will certainly blog at some point about how parenting is while in pain recuperating- This is of course, if my wife does not kill me because let's face it I don't do well with pain. Also I am happy to report that Clare has discovered her legs and how they work. She in fact now knows that her legs were placed on her body specifically to get her daddy in his ummmmm "area" and to force her head into my chin in an attempt to do what the dentist will do for me tomorrow. With all this knowledge, I am confident in declaring that my daughter is in fact a prodigy and genius.

Anyway, short post tonight hope you all enjoyed and I look forward to your comments. If you include questions I may even be able to milk the answer for an entire blog entry.