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Avey's First Freckle

Avey got her first freckle, and being the over-thinking dad that I am I couldn't help think about what that means.

Avey's growing up and growing different. Before she was just a baby that looked around the world and wondered what it meant; now, she is interacting with the world and getting a personality. I can start seeing the Aveyness in her. She is becoming a unique baby.

She woke up from a nap the other day while I was studying about personality traits in the workplace and whatnot. So after she woke up I decided to do a little observation to see what kind of a personality orientation she has (so begins the twisted life she will have with me as her father). I took her out of her crib and instead of giving her some toys like she normally gets I decided to just set her in my lap, facing me, and see if she wanted to play and talk with me. Within seconds she was twisting her neck around scanning anything in sight that she could get her hands on. That tells my overly-analytic mind that she might be a task oriented (vs. a people oriented) individual. Whether that ends up being her dominant personality trait, I don't know; suffice to say she is changing, she is learning, she is developing a different self than Jack did, a different self than Brooke did, and a different self than I did.

She is also, unfortunately, learning that life has pain and frustration associated with it. She is teething and that brings pain, she doesn't know what pain means, she just knows it hurts. She is trying to learn to crawl and that brings frustration, she doesn't know how to overcome frustration, she just knows she wants something and it doesn't come to her.

She is also learning what she likes to enjoy. We were at Six Flags last week and while Kristen and Brooke were on a ride Jack, Avey, and I were waiting outside the gate playing. Jack was running up and down a little hill which lead to and from Avey's stroller. Every time Jack would come in to sight of her she would let out a deep chortle laugh and she would reach out for Jack's face as he came close to her. Then Jack would run back up the hill out of site, and Avey would wrench her body back to look for his approach again. She loved the interaction with Jack.

And so it goes laughing, crying, learning, growing. For me, that first freckle is a welcome present from life. This world has accepted her and is now offering her the particular experiences and personality traits that will make her uniquely Avey; and in my opinion, that is a wonderful thing.

-Eric-
p.s. Avey, if you are reading this as a teenager and I'm being a bratty father to you, just remind me of your first freckle and I'm sure to cut you some slack, but don't get carried away with it ;).

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Lawrence D. Stevenson said…
Eric, what a profound insight into your little girl and life. Thank you for sharing it with us. By the way, your Dad splits the Myers-Brigs where it isn't supposed to split. I am both a j and p.
July 18, 2010 at 9:24 PM
Brooke said…
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July 19, 2010 at 3:47 PM
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