//DADDY DEAREST//
A few things I miss since becoming a parent:
1. Sleeping through the night.
2. The ability to leave the house without making 12 trips to the car to load baby gear.
3. Morning sex. For that matter, evening sex. Oh, and lunchtime sex. Heck, sex.*
4. While we’re on the subject, touching my wife’s breasts (she’s nursing the Cutlet).
5. Quiet time with the wife.
6. Eating together at the table.
7. Not having to change diapers or empty the Diaper Genie.
8. Living a relatively drool-free life.
9. Not needing a baby-sitter to go see a movie.
10. Never being the same again.
A few things I enjoy about being a parent:
1. When the Cutlet falls asleep in my arms.
2. How the Cutlet smells after a bath.
3. Quiet time with my family.
4. Having a family “picnic” in the living room each night.
5. Having a built-in excuse to read Dr. Seuss books.
6. Coming home and having two people greet me.
7. Feeling closer to my wife than ever.
8. Seeing my wife’s breasts all the time.
9. Gently whacking the Cutlet on the back and getting a manly belch in return.
10. Hearing the purest, most precious laugh in the world.
11. Watching a little miracle grow.
12. One day having a built-in buddy to take fishing, boating and camping.
13. Aspiring to be a man worth looking up to.
14. Having more reasons to take lots of photos.
15. Although the Earth is bulging with billions of people, knowing that we have the chance to send someone special out there.
16. Adding an extra occasion to eat birthday cake during the year.
17. After the Cutlet comes of age, not having to mow the grass again until he leaves home.
18. Looking at him and seeing pieces of my wife and me made more perfect in him.
19. Eventually being able to go to those lame-o father/son picnics.
20. Never being the same again.
*Almost considered removing this after last night. Hubba, hubba!
