Dezi is a month old this week. My life has changed so drastically in four weeks. That 20 bucks I would have spent on an 18 pack goes to diapers now. Sleeping in till 10 on my day off has given way to sucking snot out of baby nostrils at 4AM. Instead of playing Call of Duty when I get home, I rush to the crib to see this little piece of me that my wife and I created.
So much has happened since September. 16th, 2009. So many little milestones. It's amazing to me. It puts a proud smile on my face when I think of how Loni and I made it through nine months of the highest highs and the lowest lows we have endured. All for that moment. The birth of our son. And, now he's been here a month.
During this time, I've gone from bumbling Mr. Bean moments of getting peed on by Dez, to a seasoned pro, tossing a second sheet of butt wipe over his little donger, to avoid that golden shower. Loni has gone from being my wife, taking care of the biggest butthead in the world, to a wonderful, loving mother, taking care of the cutest baby in the world. I've got pictures of Dezmond on my phone, on the desktop of my laptop, in my wallet. I'm that guy!!! I made fun of one of my friends for having his MySpace username be "Happy Papa"! I'm totally that guy now!!!
In the last month, Dezmond has been sick already. It scared the shit out of us. He's still a little congested. To think that he's going to be sick so many more times bums me out to no extent. I'm already paranoid about snot nosed kids breathing near my son, or when one of my dirtbag friends shakes my hands. I douse myself in hand sanitizer and cover his little face up. I'm a nut case.
Dezmond has also gone on a photo shoot (or 5 or 10 if you count the ones during his baths and cute moments when he passes out on Daddy's chest or Grandma Angela is watching him while Loni showers). We got pictures taken as a family! He was such a good boy the whole time. He rested comfortably in all of the poses our photographer put him in. I kept calling him Dezmond Zoolander. It was a great experience for us.
I can't wait to see what the next few days and weeks and months and years hold for us. I get excited for every new experience that we are going to have, together, as a family. The Chavez Family.
