As I sit here holding my new baby girl and type this post I cant help but look back on all those great adventures Ive had with so many of you on our bikes, deep in the dark woods and as I try and remember if the thought of myself having a daughter in my life time ever crossed my mind and as no such memories seem to project from my scrambled brain I wonder why? Why did I never think about a family and kids? As I take a quick glance down at my kid and make sure she is still slurping away at her bottle I cant explain the joy I get from knowing my old ugly ass could help create something so beautiful. To looking forward to all the great adventures we are going to have together. Its pretty damn cool knowing there is going to be a future ripper in the family and I can guide her in the right direction rather than letting her find out everything the hard way as my dumbass did coming up. Parenting is not for everyone but I must say it is for me. Yes it is true you do not get any sleep (for now anyways) and you have to stay close to home for a while but there’s no place that I want to be other than with my wife and daughter. Yep, being a father/dad/oldman and Pa which is what I’m going to teach her to call me is way cool in my book. I want to take this little thread time to thank my wife who is FUCKING AWESOME! She has not shown any signs of the crazy post-baby mood swings and depression that I’ve heard so much about. She gets up in the middle of the night to take care of our baby girl without complaint and lets me get sleep so I can get up for work. I am forsure a lucky guy. As I finish this thread I want to leave it on a note that should make any parent out there think about whats really important in life. As a very wise man who I have the privilege of knowing once wrote….
The true measure of a man is not his accomplishments
The true measure of a man is the happiness of his children- John Lear 2003
Now I don’t know how my life will measure out and all I can do is hope that my kids will be very happy in life but all of you know Im a stubborn bastard and I’ll go out fighting trying to make sure my children have everything they need! Yes in deed, A lucky man I am! BBA
- : 2.4
6 responses so far ↓
1 Daniel // Oct 24, 2007 at 8:12 am
That’s awesome, Matt! You pretty much summed it up. Big congratulations to you guys. I can barely remember when my 2 year old was that little. It really does go by very fast.
Daniel
2 JohnBoy // Oct 24, 2007 at 10:06 am
Yeah it was cool seeing ya be a daddy, I can tell your both really happy and who wouldnt be with such a cute baby around. I came back and it looked like my boy grew a ton, and my little girl was even more mature than when I left it does go way too fast. Way too fast.
3 JeffKill // Oct 24, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Matt, congrats on the little one. Im sure she’ll be out terrorizing the trails as soon as she can pedal a bike! Just keep her away from that Hayden kid, he’s gonna be trouble. : )
4 Shaggy // Oct 30, 2007 at 7:23 pm
CONGRATS ON BAMBINO!!!
5 bRad // Nov 4, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Congrats Matt! The John Lear quote is spot on. If you haven’t found any baby Vans yet try Zappos.com.
6 MALONEY // Nov 8, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Congradulations, to both You(Matt) and Jax. You have a beautiful girl. Thank god it was a girl, not so sure this world would make it with a Matt Jr. . Let me know when your back in town.
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