Entering fatherhood

Several things have happened in my life over the past few months that merited their entry into this blog. But I havent been able to put myself into a frame of mind to bring these blogging thoughts onto a computer. So guys, brace yourself for the worst, I gotta announce to you that those thoughts have vanished and are lost for posterity. But let me pull a few of those thoughts from the embers and publish them in this entry.

Rahul has now come into Akila's life and mine as well - her life moreso for the time being than mine. He is of course the expected bundle of joy. The entire family is busy arguing as to who he resembles more and we left it for them to fight it out between themselves - with the express stipulation that they don't say that he resembles the postman or the milkman.

Things have been hectic over the past few months. I have changed jobs, relocated to Hyderabad ( a city in South India for the India ignorant), remodelled our flat etc. But behind this excess blur of activity, things have remained placid. I am still getting sweepstake winning notifications from non existent lotteries, getting spammed in my blog periodically (tho less so now than formerly - see my entry about this in my other blog) and still eating my three meals a day and havent lost a wink of sleep thanks to Akila and my inlaws. And yes I put on some weight in sympathy with Akila who quickly lost her weight gain after pregnancy.

But more importantly, there is this almost obsessive thought that I have become a dad of a little adorable child who trusts in me implicitly. It is almost a repeat feeling to the one that I had after marriage when I realized that there is this girl (my wife of course) who has plighted her troth with me. I think that is the greatest benefit of fatherhood.

And when you see your child sleeping peacefully, I am reminded of the Hangman at home poem that we used to be taught at school. It is almost impossible to resist the picture of a little baby sleeping and if the moon decides to shine on the baby's cheek and make the baby more adorable.. more power to the moon..