Average Grod's Average Blog

Too bad it has come to this. I think I am only posting about once a week. I am now one podcast behind too but I will get that finished in the next couple days. Thanks for downloading the last couple. I can tell how many are being downloaded per month. This week's (last week's actually) may not interest everyone since I am pretty much just planning on talking about movies or albums I have recently been into. Download away but don't be disappointed if there isn't much there to interest you. I don't know about putting Emma on there either. Those couple seconds actually take about as long to record as the rest of the post.
Emma laughed for the first time this week. An actual human laugh. Not just a coo, grunt, growl, howl, or one of the many other animalistic forms of communication she is famous for either. An honest to goodness human laugh. I was so surprised I almost peed myself. She did.
As you can see I am having more and more fun with her. She is just over 3 months old now and I have been spending a lot of time with her. Most of it is during the day when she is wide awake and able to be as wild as she wants. This is cool for me but I think at this point in the game it is becoming frustrating for Shanna. I get playtime and Shanna is stuck with bedtime. If she can't get Emma to sleep before midnight then she can't sleep either. It also means that Emma thinks Daddy means playtime. If Shanna is trying to put her to sleep and Emma sees me she wakes up with a big smile ready to party. Kinda cool for me to see but it upsets Shanna. Quite understandable if not the tiniest bit funny as well(Ill probably be in trouble for that line). The other bummer is that Emma doesn't want to go to sleep for me at home very often. She likes to cuddle up and sleep on my chest when we are out or at other people's houses. There just isn't a shelter from crazy eyed, loud mouthed, "Ooooooing," relatives like a Daddy's strong arms and warm chest. At home it is another story. Daddy still means playtime. Mommy is the one that puts her to sleep so that means Shanna often has to take her to bed with her. Emma will kick and scream if I try to feed or hold her when the lights are out. She knows what I am trying to do and she won't have it. Shanna gets out of bed, takes Emma from me, and she will literally be asleep before her head hits the bed. That doesn't mean she doesn't kick Shanna in her sleep though. It can get tough for both of us but I gotta admit, I think Shanna has it a bit rougher than I do so I guess I owe her some thanks for doing what she does so well.
I am hoping that as Emma grows we can turn this into more of a team deal. It would be more fun to always be the good guy and let my wife be the disciplinarian but that wouldn't really be fair and we would probably end up with a teenage daughter who "hates" her mother. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Sorry little girl. Life is tough. You are just gonna have to go to bed when either Mommy OR Daddy tells you too. Just the same... God, help me if Shanna ever works later than I do!