Boy Howdy!

 I guess I should really say Howdy…..Boy.  Yep, Emilee found out Thursday morning that she is having a boy!  So sometime around January 14, 2014 we will welcome Baby Olaf into the world. 

As we have told people we are expecting they ask us what we want, and I have answered that I really didn’t care.  I mean, if we had a girl then we were set.  We already had all of the stuff; clothes, movies, car seats, blankets, toys, etc all in pink and purple.  I know this is Atlanta, but I want to let my son make his own fashion choices and I do hope it’s more denim than dresses, more light saber than Lalaloopsy, and certainly more brawn than Barbie.

I hope that the premise that a boy is easier to raise is true. I would never compare the challenge Gracie has been to the issues some families deal with when they have mentally or physically challenged children.  We have different challenges. For example, Gracie can already reason and twist things like an Obama supporter; no sense of reality, just a sense of what works for her benefit.  She also has the comedic timing of a Ron White.  We run into instances where one of us is laughing so hard we can’t stay in life lesson/punishment mode.  She is a mix between princess and punk rocker and you never know which is going to appear.  Basically you never know what personality, attitude, or BS is headed your way.

I also wonder if he will be more me or Emilee.  Early on Gracie was more me, but she has definitely taken on much more of Em’s looks (Thank God!) and definitely her personality.  I wonder what Eddard will turn out to be like. Will he be sarcastic and spirited, or will he be the strong quiet type.  With as much as Gracie, me and her mother talk there may be a chance for that one!

Will he be able to be judged on his own merits or will we constantly be comparing him to his sister.  I think that some of that I inevitable, but we all know that Ridge will have his work cut out for him regardless.  If I have learned anything about myself from Gracie it is that I usually expect more from her than I should.  Hopefully I can use that experience to be a better parent.  I just hope that it is as easy to show Gustav how much I love him as it is to show Gracie. 

I also hope that Thor and Gracie get along better than Kelly and I did.  It has taken us a long time to get to a decent point in our relationship and I want them to be close.  I also want both of them to feel like they are the most important people in our lives.  And most importantly I just hope I can brainwash DeWayne early enough so that I don’t have to deal with a UGA fan under my own roof.

 

GO TIGERS! 

Rob