One thing that I've always found kind of fascinating are the
stories of unexplained phenomenon.
Things along the lines of Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, aliens, a good
Adam Sandler movie in 2017. All are
equally unexplainable and can't really be proven. However, I really love it when people
try. Everyone's seen the uneducated guy
on the news trying to explain his encounter with Bigfoot. Take it away, Jim-Jack.
"I tell you what.
When I saws that there Sasquatch, he was headed in a general northish-southish
direction. The weird thing about it is
that he done was dressed like my hunting buddy, Cletus. Come to think of it, I haven't seen Cletus in
some while now. You don't think that
Cletus done got attacked by the Sasquatch and stole his clothes, now does
you?"
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| Come on Jim-Jack. Even Bigfoot thinks you can't be for real. |
Unexplained phenomenon indeed. I bring this up because I was privy to
something equally perplexing today. That
being a baby who was happy for almost the entire day from start to finish.
Needless to say, I've found myself becoming quite accustomed
to the sound of Ellie crying each day.
At this point it would be hard not to.
Especially given her deep attachment to her mother that results in her
having an emotional breakdown whenever Ellie notices that she's gone to work
for the day. #MissingMommy. That's what made today all the more
enjoyable. I didn't find myself having
to resort to finding ways to distract Ellie from her grief. She was just a genuinely happy baby today.
From the time that she awoke from her morning nap, all Ellie
wanted to do was smile and play. For the
first time in a long time, I actually found myself stuck in an infinite loop of
stacking blocks and cups for her to knock down time and time again. After a while, Ellie found herself down on
all fours in a crawling stance trying with all of her might to move forward but
unable to do so. Thinking that maybe she
just needed someone to show her how, I got down on all fours and began to crawl
circles around her. However, all that
did was just make her laugh at me. I'll
take that though.
After Ellie's afternoon nap, I was fully convinced that she
would wake up in a sour mood. After all,
I've come to accept the inevitability of her having at least one breakdown each
day. Imagine my surprise when I go to
rouse her from her nap only to be met by a huge smile and assorted cute baby
noises. Realizing that we were in
uncharted territory, I decided to go ahead and introduce Ellie to the hammock
today. Background, Bethany and I had
borrowed a portable hammock from some friends last summer and loved it so much
that we decided to buy our own for Christmas.
However, we hadn't had a chance to do so yet because of the weather.
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First things first. I
had to leave Ellie in her swing while I went outside and hung it in our backyard.
Only about a five minute process and we were ready to swing. When I came back inside, imagine my
dismay to find my baby screaming bloody
murder from her swing. My nerves kicked
in and I started thinking my relaxing afternoon swaying in a hammock might be
over before it ever began. I sadly
picked her up out of her swing for her to stop screaming immediately and resume
making cute baby sounds. At this point,
I realized that maybe, just maybe, Ellie was going to be content for an entire
day.
Grabbing Ellie's bucket hat and a couple of her toys, we
headed out to the hammock and I laid down first with her sitting upright on my
chest. At first, she was a bit nervous
and had to examine the hammock with her little fingers, perhaps to test the
integrity. She would settle down quickly
as I gave her one of her toys to play with.
Swinging back and forth, it was really fun to watch her little face
staring around at the outdoors surrounding her.
From the subtle shake of tree branches to the squeaking of our fence
gate to the fierce drumming of the kid in the garage down the street, Ellie
took it all in stride.
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| Ellie is pulling that hat off! |
After an hour, I decided it was time to take Ellie back
inside for the day. However, I was able
to do so with hope. Hope that my baby
having a good attitude was not the equivalent of finding a good Adam Sandler
movie in 2017. Because, well, we all
know that would never happen.
#DaddyWrite
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| The Prosecution rests... |
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