Big milestone on Dadblast – Gus turns one year old today!

A year ago Bixie was in the hospital, just hours away from the delivery of our first child, a little boy named Gus. We were so nervous. So thrilled. So hopeful!

In the intervening months we’ve received quite an education about what it means to be parents, full-time, all the time. And our reward has far exceeded the opportunity cost, because we’ve watched a quivering, helpless little squishy creature evolve into a sturdy, playful, curious little boy who is a constant source of entertainment.

Sure, it isn’t always easy, but then nothing worth doing ever is.

And having Gus was so worth doing. The first year of his life has passed by so quickly, yet in some ways it seems odd that he wasn’t always with Bixie and me.

Maybe cosmically he always was with us, in that he was our destiny, but our stars hadn’t yet collided to create the spark of his life.

Probably that’s too deep of a thought to explore in this post, but with another baby due in October it’s sort of easy to slip into the realm of the metaphysical or the philosophical for clues about why everything does what it does. Why we are who we are and become what we become. What makes us us.

For today, what makes us happy is Gus. Our little monkey. Our turkey faced boy. Our little meatball.

Happy 1st Birthday, Gus! Your mom and dad love you like crazy.

The king of all Birthday Monkeys!