This blog was started shortly after my daughter, Penelope, was born. P is our first daughter and, well, first child. I took a week off of work to celebrate our newborn and try to get into the daddy role. I should have taken a year.
Balancing being a parent, spouse, worker, and being me is not easy. Okay, it’s not easy for anyone but I can’t write for you! Upon returning to work I found it difficult to remember certain things. For example, I failed to listen, speak, walk without tripping, etc. I just started calling myself “Daddy Diaperhead.” Thus, the blog was named.
I liked the name but didn’t love it. When Penelope started calling me Daddoo instead of Daddy…well, that’s all it took. I just hope baby [ed.: I supposed she's not a 'baby' anymore. - 7/23/2009] Adeleine will follow suit!
You can read Willamette Week’s version of our wedding story here:
http://wweek.com/editorial/3003/4554/
hmmm. did you realized you misspelt your daughter’s name in your about me section? Mabye it wasn’t nailed down at that point, but still, just thought you should know as I am an annoying O’Dea…