tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030Wed, 06 Nov 2024 02:54:09 +0000Chapter 1EggEmilya epiloguebirthcountgardeningnumberssleepingspanishhttp://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger8125en-usnomy experience on becoming a dadmy experience on becoming a dadJohn Longnoreply@blogger.comJohn Longtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030.post-5155118514987556764Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:13:00 +00002009-04-19T19:53:00.540+01:00numbersI was sitting down with Emily Friday night and she was showing me her new Dora magazines she got off her nanny, all about numbers and basic adding.  As I said in a previous post she can count to 20 but still hasn't got the hang of recognising which number is which yet.This magazine came with a little gadget that looks like a magnifying glass only the lens is pink and if you look at the magazine http://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/04/recognising-her-numbers.html0noreply@blogger.com (John Long)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030.post-4975389177520697314Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:38:00 +00002009-04-15T18:53:05.219+01:00gardeningThis photo of Emily digging in the garden was taken at the weekend,  she was out visiting and when she got home she was playing in the front garden with her shovel so I decided to take a photo of her (she posed well for it too, wasn't expecting that), but it brings me onto what I wanted to talk about.  One of the things I love about being a dad is getting to spend time with Emily and doing thingshttp://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/04/emily-digging-in-garden.html1noreply@blogger.com (John Long)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030.post-3114939000723198537Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:11:00 +00002009-04-08T23:36:55.730+01:00EmilyThought I would put a montage to-gether of how Emily has changed over the last few years since she was born, its only when you look back you realise how quickly they change and grow up.  On a day to day you don't see it happening.I have been so lucky with Emily, being a stay a home Dad I have gotten to see all the new things she has done at different stages in her life.Like when she managed to http://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/04/different-faces-of-emily.html3noreply@blogger.com (John Long)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030.post-2944395247916529988Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:58:00 +00002009-04-07T20:20:22.217+01:00sleepingIt always makes me laugh where children pick to fall asleep.  If they are tired anywhere will do, and even if they fall out of the bed like Emily did here either she didn't wake up or was to tired to get back into bed.  We found her like this when we were going to bed and of course I had to get my camera and take a picture.In the top picture she lay along the top of the sofa and fell asleep therehttp://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/04/where-children-sleep.html2noreply@blogger.com (John Long)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030.post-5747571737158257369Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:29:00 +00002009-04-07T19:48:07.710+01:00countEggspanishChanged how I'm going to do this blog so its going to be a bit all over the place.Anyway this is Emily she is now 3 and loves helping her mum with the cooking, I had to take this photo as its this kind of picture I want to be able to show her when she is older, so she gets a idea what she was like.  My wife likes to cook usually on a Sunday morning when she gets a chance.  And Emily loves nothinghttp://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/04/emily-cracking-egg-and-cooking.html1noreply@blogger.com (John Long)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030.post-4973297695506463180Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:23:00 +00002009-04-01T20:45:24.858+01:00birthEmily was born at 2:45 in the morning on the 2nd of February 2006, she weighed 7lb 1oz and to me she was the most amazing and beautiful baby I ever saw.  I wasn't prepared for the rush of emotion I felt when I first saw her, I never before or probably never again will experience an emotional burst like it.  And for someone like me who never wanted to be a parent it really was an amazing http://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-emily-was-born.html0noreply@blogger.com (John Long)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030.post-1761386271331967021Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:47:00 +00002009-03-23T23:53:30.384+00:00Chapter 1When I was about 5 or 6 I had this fear that when I grew up God would give me about 6 children, but I hoped I would be lucky and maybe he would only give me 1 or even better none.Needless to say when I got older and discovered how I decide how many children to have it was a big relief.  But even then I wasn't gone on the idea of having kids and being a father.  But that time was probably a long http://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/03/chapter-1.html0noreply@blogger.com (John Long)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1632642387528518030.post-5076405745576144753Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:36:00 +00002009-03-21T20:38:21.063+00:00a epilogueShortly after my daughter Emily was born I was thinking how I would like to do a scrapbook on her about things like when she got her first tooth, her first word, when she started to crawl but I never got around to doing it.  Now she is three years old and she has done so much I’m afraid I’ll forget most of it.So I have decided to write about it in a blog, and write as much as I can remember, and http://meyouandparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/03/epilogue.html1noreply@blogger.com (John Long)