Granted this is from a husband/fathers point of view, but my first child, a daughter, is three weeks old today and the entire experience was a ride.
For a while my wife was concerned that I wasn’t real involved when she was still preggers. I took care of her, but did pretty much ignore my unborn daughter, feeling that at that point I should take care of mommy instead.
But the moment Illianna ‘my daughter’ joined us, my world was thrown off since now it has to revolve around two brunettes instead of just one. I couldn’t hold Illi for several days without breaking down and crying softly, just over come by the sheer intensity of seeing my daughter, the sudden and overwhelming love i have for her and her mother and life in general.
It has only been three weeks, but I do not know how I ever lived without being a dad, and completely understand to yet another previously thought impossible level, unconditional love for another human being. Just as Jessica changed my world and gave me an appreciation for life and just being there with her, Illi did it to me again, and I have no idea how I lived without either one of them, even for a day.
