Well we have been movin and shakin since our arrival and today I finally have a little more time for an update as I just sent the last of my editing work off for the year. Atlanta and Charleston have been great; every day I try and soak in as much sun as possible and burn the feeling into memory for February in Enschede...
James has really developed in the last 3 weeks- he's now rolling over, consistently finds his thumb, is eating a little solid food, and feels heavier and bigger every day. We attended a great party/reunion of old Roswell/Georgia friends last Sunday and there was a gaggle of babies accompanying a group of folks, some of whom I haven't seen in 12 years. Everyone had a great time; my friend Anne says how cool it is to see how parenthood (or just maturity in some cases) has affected everyone. Its true; when people ask how I like fatherhood or what has changed my first answer is that I don't care about as many things I used to- its a relief in some ways to focus on a healthy family. I've thought more about it recently and wonder if parenthood gives people a second chance in some weird way. I'm not talking about people that suppress their own shortcomings and try to live vicariously through their children, more that it gives you a new energy seeing this little innocent face that has everything ahead of them.
We were able to spend a couple days with my sister and her family in the last week; the twins were christened on Saturday and we had a great gathering (even brought some select local oysters in from Chucktown..). Dorothy finally gets famous on the blog....
Photos are:
Dorothy with little Michael in the hug-a-bub
Katharine and Michael with the twins
Aunt Mary and Sophie working on the brussel sprouts, and
Uncle Tom with Micheal
3 comments:
Wow, All the Goulds are so thrilled to make it on the famous blog! We cannot thank Mike and Kat enough, without them (and our sis Mary) there would not have been such a faboulous spread for the christening party. We have so enjoyed seeing you during this visit, what a thrill to meet and get to know James Dalton. He is a sweetie!
I think you are right about the parenthood. It does give you a second chance to appreciate stuff (family, flowers, the garbage men, tractors, etc) that maybe you never stopped to do before. I've found that with the second kid, it's even better. : )
I second what Steph said about tractors. Boy, do I appreciate a tractor these days. . . Never knew what I was missing.
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