Fatherhood

Day 9

Stormy snores — no tells you that children do this. It’s like a very small train circling my room each night. I’m actually getting used to the sound now. I think once I’ve got her back into her own room, I may even miss it. That being said, actually getting a complete nights sleep without being kicked in the kidneys…

Day 8

Gong Xi Fa Cai — A wish for prosperity in the coming year. These words have been uttered to me a hundred times the past few days. Indeed, I am already prosperous with the joy of a 4 year old little girl. She has the heart (and will) of a dragon and it is my fortune to have her in my life.

Day 4

It’s been 4 days and we await my wife’s first return for the CNY/Australia Day long weekend. She will cast her appraising eye over all that has been done. All we want is her approval. Some sign that we’ve done a good job. The house is clean. Stormy is clean (though I won’t tell you which was harder). All we do now…

Day 3

At about 5:30 this morning, I was unexpectedly awoken from my sleep. In the post-sleep haze, it took me a moment to realise why. The bed around me was suddenly very warm and very wet. Given the late hour of her falling asleep last night, I am left with a conundrum. Do I wake Stormy, strip down the bed and wash her…

Day 2

Has it only been two days… It feels like an eternity.

It seems incongruous that last night’s girl with the unbounded energy and this morning’s sleepy little girl, who refuses to get up, is the same person. And yet here we are. After an eternity she rises from her slumber and resumes her…

Day 1

It’s Sunday morning. I awake before dawn, peel the tiny hands from my face, and rise to steal a brief moment to myself before I face the day. It wasn’t long enough.

Once awake and dressed, I offer Stormy her choice of breakfast — a treat to keep her mind busy. We end up at McDonalds. One…