Daddy's Responsibility

So, day 15.
2 weeks has passed. The pediatrician gave us some good information
The cord is almost about to fall off.

Do you save that little shriveled thing? I dunno.

Oh yeah, Cord Blood. We decided against it. There were a lot of companies who pushed that the cord blood could be used later in case one of the future children have some problem or may need a transplant or something. We asked around, and decided it seemed like an overpriced insurance policy. Thats just for the Chon Family.

Photo album link seems to be down, so i've take measures to use kodakphotoshare gallery to share photos.

As the daddy, the poppa, what is my job/role/task?
1. Lots of things, i try my best to put food on the table. And with my mother in law in the house, very good food on the table.
2. I Drive around a lot. I could never really get into the wife drives and i ride shotgun. Maybe I am too type A, but i like to drive. Only when we come back late from somewhere. Sora is the night person, i am the early riser.
3. New jobs for me? Well, i try to tell Eleanor "I love you, and I will always love you, nothing you do or say cannot change that. So you just do your best to become the best Eleanor Chon you can be, without guilt trips, manipulation, or obligation to the person who will pay for a $450,000 private education, unless you can get a scholarship." Ok, some abbreviated form of that. I hope and pray that Eleanor will have the supreme confidence that she has my approval. That she is always my daughter, always making me proud. If i can do that, i know she will be a risk taking, initiative taking, force driving, five foot seven (at least), passionate woman of God who lives out her calling to the fullest.

I wonder that even today sometimes, am I a good son today, am I bad son today? Some days, i know i am a punk to my parents still, and I apologize to them for my actions and words. honestly, i just want to be a Son. Good or bad, the judgement may fluctuate, but I've got a lot of life to live, and worrying about my "Son-Ly approval rating" is just a waste of time. I know that the arrival of Eleanor 4G Chon , (4G = 4th Generation) has softened my Dad and Mom a lot. I know that she will teach them things, that I could have never taught them in a million years. So am thankful for that she has the power to do things I cant.

What does she get from the Momma. Lots of the same, and at least 125 CCs of pure breast milk. You know the pediatrician told us, actually breast milk does not have vitamin D or something. So if Eleanor is exclusively breast fed, that we have to get an over the counter vitamin dropper to supplement. I have suspicions about this, but I will trust her on this.

Day 15.
I held eleanor on my shoulder this morning before I left and prayed for her. (honestly, i have prayed more for my food, than I did for the baby) So, today was the first step in a 21 day program to have prayer for my child as a daily habit that wont ever stop.

Its a wonder how a baby can change you. If you allow it to.

Daddy Sam
(sounds weird right?) haha