Extended Paternal Leave
4/8/09 - posted by Hogers at
11:02 PM
- 5 Comments
For nine months prior to the birth of Allie, I was flying out every week to Phoenix for work. Judy did a great job handling the pregnancy pretty much on her own without my support for more than half of every week.
Since the baby has arrived, I've been able to negotiate to work the remainder of my contract (til July) remotely from home. This is AWESOME. I told Goo the other day, there's nothing better than being able to step out onto your porch in your underwear to drink coffee at 11am on a weekday.
Judy's worst fear: Hogan eating Allie's hand.
Needless to say, I'm enjoying every minute of spending time with Allie. Right now, she's pretty much continuing to eat, sleep and pooh. But she is more active these days and tends to stay up for the whole afternoon.
One challenge I've faced with having a baby is being able to play Warcraft (computer game). If Judy is out, I obviously have to tend to the baby if she needs something. But Warcraft requires 100% of your concentration...if you leave the computer for a second, you're dead. Rest assured, I am leaving my game to tend to Allie...but when I get back to the computer, I'll end up typing some message to the opponent like, "you're lucky that I had to go get my baby". I'm pretty sure the 12-year old opponent on the other end has no idea what to say.
We're looking forward to a bunch of visitors in the next few months. Judy's sister is coming down from SF this weekend to see her new niece. My sister will come in from Chicago towards the end of the month. And we'll get to see Ryan (Mel and Adam's daughter) in two weeks when they come out to LA for a wedding.
Since the baby has arrived, I've been able to negotiate to work the remainder of my contract (til July) remotely from home. This is AWESOME. I told Goo the other day, there's nothing better than being able to step out onto your porch in your underwear to drink coffee at 11am on a weekday.
Judy's worst fear: Hogan eating Allie's hand.
Needless to say, I'm enjoying every minute of spending time with Allie. Right now, she's pretty much continuing to eat, sleep and pooh. But she is more active these days and tends to stay up for the whole afternoon.
One challenge I've faced with having a baby is being able to play Warcraft (computer game). If Judy is out, I obviously have to tend to the baby if she needs something. But Warcraft requires 100% of your concentration...if you leave the computer for a second, you're dead. Rest assured, I am leaving my game to tend to Allie...but when I get back to the computer, I'll end up typing some message to the opponent like, "you're lucky that I had to go get my baby". I'm pretty sure the 12-year old opponent on the other end has no idea what to say.
We're looking forward to a bunch of visitors in the next few months. Judy's sister is coming down from SF this weekend to see her new niece. My sister will come in from Chicago towards the end of the month. And we'll get to see Ryan (Mel and Adam's daughter) in two weeks when they come out to LA for a wedding.
