Hi everyone, my name is David. No not this David, I’m a different David. And yes, there’s lots of Davids in this world. We know it’s a common name. But we stand united–all for one, one for all.
I’m the new guy in town and I wanted to take a quick second to say hello and let you in on a little special news–I’m a daddy. That’s right, just over five weeks ago my beautiful superhero of a wife and I had our first kid, a girl, and started this unbelievable adventure we call parenthood. Amelia Amber is our little new human’s name. She’s adorable. But seriously, even if she wasn’t adorable, I still would have said she was. That’s just how parents are, as I have I’ve come to learn.
Rocketing into parenthood has been awesome. I can’t’ say enough about it. Sure there have been struggles and a few frustrating nights trying to get Amelia to go to sleep whilst experiencing the most sleep-deprived, over worked, over thinking, under nourished, under sexed state of being I’ve ever encountered. But hey, it’s all good
If I were to write myself a eulogy today, it would say something about me being a mod dude who loved to travel and entertain friends, was into fashion, design, music, and had an extreme, often relentless passion for marketing. It would also say I loved my wife and new little Amelia to death and would do everything in my power to stop a freight train to save them. It would end with the fact that living in Calgary definitely had it’s advantages (universal health care, four identifiable seasons, immense opportunity, a great hockey team), but for most of his live he wanted to live elsewhere, like Vancouver or London. There’d probably be something in there about having the memory of a goldfish and, most importantly, nearly always striving for the best in life.
Anyway, enough about me. I look forward to sharing my ridiculously awesome fatherhood experiences with you all while at the same time continue to learn from the pros out there–the contributors of Every Other Thursday, along with every other experienced dad out there–and love my family the best I can.
Oh, this is gonna be fun.
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David is a marketing and social media sage by day, father, gin drinker and blogger by night. Check out his daddy adventures here at EOT, or at his other blog, Get Daddy Some Gin or on a minute by minute basis on Twitter @getdaddysomegin.
Welcome aboard, David! Looking forward to reading your adventures as a first time Dad.
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