If you didn’t know, I have a daughter. Her name is Gemma (spelled with a “G” because
that’s how the British spell it and I want to be British). She’s approximately two years, five months,
and 29 days old.
The Missus has requested I write a post about this daughter
of ours. I hesitate to do this because
most of the time when I see posts about kids who are not mine, I absolutely do
not care (no offense). However, as you
well know, the Missus’ wish is my command.
Thus,
Here are twelve things you should know about Gemma with a “G”.
1.
Her fingers are almost as long as Holden’s (who is
six by the way). It’s true, Scout’s
honor.
2.
She does not like it when I sing. 99.3 percent of the time, if I start singing,
she says “Stop Daddy.” (That .7 percent
is when she wants to delay her bedtime).
3.
She’s obsessed with this British TV show called
Peppa Pig. (We’d never heard of it, but
she found it one day while surfing the Internet.) I don’t care too much about the show, but I
am really proud of her for discovering high end British culture at such a young
age.
4.
She can almost put her leg behind her head. She likes to practice when she’s bored, but
she can’t quite do it yet. Maybe next
week.
5.
My favorite phrase of hers: “Let’s talk about it,” which is said whenever
I suggest doing something she doesn’t want to do (i.e. turn off the TV, go to
bed).
6.
She calls almost everybody her friends, but she
generally doesn’t like to be around people.
Although she’s slowly warming up to her cousins, usually when given the
choice, she’ll choose to play be herself.
It makes me proud.
7.
She can sense when people are on my bad list
(which is fairly long, by the way) and she won’t talk to them if they try to
talk to her. Honest.
8.
People say she looks like me. I don’t see it, but I do like to think my
hair would be like hers if most of it hadn’t already fallen out.
9.
I hope she becomes a swimmer.
10.
A highlight of most of my days is when I get
home and she runs over to me saying “Daddy, Daddy” and gives me a big hug.
11.
Since I had to wait until I was almost 32 before
my first child was born, I feel like I enjoy her presence more than a lot of
people who had children when they were in their 20’s (or earlier). So those of you who have to wait even longer
than I did, I can only imagine how much you’re going to enjoy those
moments. Believe me, it is definitely
worth the wait.
12.
When Gemma is around, everything in the world is
better.
And that’s all.