What I didn't expect about becoming a father

Here are a few things I didn't fully expect about becoming a Dad:

-you spend a lot of time staring (mainly at the baby, but also sometimes blankly into distance due to tiredness)

-habits and routines are hard to break

-you are never not doing something

-there is no greater sound than your baby laughing

-there is no way to really be totally prepared for your first baby

-it is possible to admire and love your wife even more than you did before

-holding him is a very good upper-body and core workout

-there is a son-shaped gap in your arms that is filled when you hold him

-cliches are true: it really is all worth it

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"Power can be exercised responsibly only so long as it remains insecure"
Ralph Nader, apparently.
"Don't let tomorrow steal from today"
Or: sufficient unto the day the evil thereof.
"I am a wild party"
Kim Mitchell. I thank you. From the bottom of my rockin' heart.
"If you're not falling over, you're not trying"
Grazed knees are the sign of a life lived.
"While the cat's away, the mouse will drink"
Ah, my wife.
"Sprint while you can"
From my good friend Jason. Initially about running, but I thought it makes good sense in a general way too.
"The only way to do something is to do it"
Sounds stupid, but a lot of the time you think you're doing things because you're thinking about doing them. You only get in the water by jumping off the side.
"Fruit on the table, yoghurt in the fridge"
What my sister and I heard growing up when we asked if there was dessert. Not quite as alluring.
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained"
Oldie. Goodie.

Ahem