I've had an interesting week to say the least. Actually, this month has been a big change since Jeab is now working full-time, and I really do feel like a stay at home Daddy 40+ hours a week. If her mother wasn't here the other 120+ hours, I don't know how we could handle it without help.

Just like any other time, now is a very interesting time to watch Jasmine develop. She's beyond being aware of her surroundings, and is now interacting with us more and more. She can roll over and sit up a bit, but it's still not dangerous to leave her in the middle of the grownup bed with your back turned for a minute. However, those days will be gone probably by the end of this month.

I digress. Last Monday I watched the SuperBowl with some good friends, and had an all day session afterwords. I probably drank more than most people drink in a month. I didn't get sick or anything, but on Tuesday "it" hit me like a car landing on my head. WTF am I doing? It's not like I usually go out THAT hard when I go out, but when you have a baby...a hangover is a hangover.

Basically, once we had Jasmine, drinking's negatives overtook its positives. That realization has slowly crept up on me over the past 7 months until it landed on my head on Tuesday. We've all woken up the next morning and said to ourselves, "Man, I gotta stop this...hehe." But this time it was pretty serious for me. There's a difference between spending time with your child and spending quality time with your child. When you're with your kids, you need to be fresh, alert, and energetic. It's physically and mentally challenging to do a good job. Do I absolutely love it? Yes. Are there times when I want to take a time out and just fughettaboutit? Yes. But unless she is sleeping, that's just not an option.

So that Tuesday I decided that I'm taking some time off from the beer option. My guess is at least a month or so, but I'll know when the time is right. When I come back I expect it to be somewhat different in terms of how much time I spend out, and to what *extent* I go out. A friend also just lost her uncle to alcohol, and that also added to my decision to take an alcohol hiatus. When I return I hope that my head will be screwed on a bit tighter, and that I won't lose more than just the physical time that I spend away from her.

Sometimes important things in your life take over and force change. Jasmine's birth gave me lots of good changes. I don't really know what the outcome of this change will be, but I only know that it's a change for the better.

Little Feet 20 ----->

Jasmine will be very proud of her dad.

Little feet grows upp so quickly.

Keep more update.

Thank you, duanja. It's an interesting, difficult, yet fun time in my life.

I was thinking the very same thing the next day, but for different reasons. Think I need to go for a little ride on the wagon.

Pretty Jasmine!!!

Next time I see you I wanna carry you and bring you home!

Chris, it's been nice knowing that I won't see a hangover again for a while

Ces, thanks for calling Jasmine pretty. As for the second part, I don't think you could carry me...lol, jk

Can you add a like button in blog? I feel like clicking it 100 times for ur story.

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Haha, I really appreciate that. You can always rate blogs at the top and bottom of the post.

She's so cute ,time go fast, take advantage of every moment.