Daddy

I must admit that I was curious (and maybe a little bit fearful) of how Troy would do at being Dad. I knew he would be great with older kids, but a newborn? It took him about a year to be comfortable with our niece, and in general he avoids babies like the plague.
Throughout our infertility issues, I often wondered if he even cared that we weren't getting pregnant. I was so obsessed with doctors and medicines and everything else, and he would just roll his eyes and talk about sports.
When we first talked about adoption, he was open to it, but I wasn't sure if he was just agreeing with me to stop me from talking excessively about it or if it was really something he wanted for our lives. So I waited patiently, and one day he brought it up. And here we are today!
From the first time we walked into the hospital and saw Keragan, he's been hooked. I'll always remember that first day when he looked at her and said, "I always thought babies were ugly, but this one really is cute!" and from that moment she had him wrapped around her little finger.
Since then, he has fully embraced being daddy. Including changing poopy diapers, getting up in the middle of the night, reading and singing to her, and not freaking out over spit up. In fact, I have to ask to hold her sometimes, as he doesn't always willingly hand her over to me. :) He is even over protective already, forbidding her to wear bathing suits or "booty" shorts this summer.
I have three more weeks at home before I go back to work and troy becomes a stay at home dad for the summer. I still have a few hesitations, like when he doesn't understand why he can't take her to a movie theater or when he says he can't wait to give her weird foods to try, but overall he's proven again and again that he really is a good daddy. And it only makes me love him more!