Confessions of a Girl Dad

Just in case you couldn't tell from the title, this is a guest blog entry by Chris.

These are my confessions...please raise your hand if when you read these words you did so in Usher Raymond's voice and then continued to sing some more of the song…OK I guess it was just me.

• I will get the big one out of the way first…I have in fact Shaken it Off to Taylor Swift.
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• Georgia Kate and I's first "dance" together was to "Rockin' Robin" by the Jackson 5.

• I abide by the rule:  No Bow, No Go

• I tolerate the rule: The bigger the bow, the closer to heaven

• The first "outfit" that I bought Georgia Kate was a Poodle outfit in Charleston.

For those of you who know me or have been long time readers you might have caught on that I may not be the best at showing/sharing my emotions.  I think that began to change after Reid was born.  I can definitely say that is the case now that Georgia Kate is around.

I was helping Santa put together Georgia Kate's play kitchen while listening to a George Strait Pandora station.  I was about half way through my three hour mission when a song came on that I hadn't heard in forever.  It was "I Held Her First" by Heartland.  At first I was excited that I remembered the name of the band and the song title. 

Timeout: I take great pride in being able to know the song title and artist of 80s and 90s country songs within the first few notes.  I honed my gift on long road trips back and forth to the ranch and the coast growing up.  Also as I am sure many of you did, I wore out tapes and CDs, yes TAPES, listening to every song and memorizing all the words.  Can I also sound like an old man yelling at the clouds and say that country music in the 80s and 90s >>> today.

Time In:  Well I was singing along with the song until it hit the chorus...half way through I completely lost it.  I went to talk to Brittany and I think she thought something was wrong at first before I told her the story.

I was told many times that the relationships I would have with Reid and Georgia Kate would be different.  I didn't fully understand it until that moment.  At that moment, I saw her as a little girl instead of a baby for the first time. 

To wrap this up, I had music on in the background at work last week and "Stealing Cinderella" by Chuck Wicks came on.  My first thought was what happened to Chuck Wicks (sadly I knew that he was on Dancing with the Stars and dated Julianne Hough but then disappeared).  My second thought was you can't let the waterworks turn on at work.  While very challenging, I was able to win this round, barely.