Here's a quick video that I put together looking at the first week with our new baby girl, Evangeline. I hope you enjoy it!

My wife and I recently had our first child, and you might expect me to say something about sleep, I couldn't be more excited and running off of pure joy and adrenaline this week!

Something truly miraculous happened when I heard our baby girl emerge into the world; I have tried to figure out how to put some of the emotions and feelings that I have had the last week into words, and it just escapes me. There truly hasn't been anything like this that I have experienced before!

No matter what anyone told me before this baby girl arrived, no matter what book I read before hand, nothing (and I mean NOTHING) prepares you for the emotional, joy-filled, amazement you experience with a baby. I totally understand now why people post thousands of photos of their kids on social media (I am restraining myself to no more than one every other day!). My brother-in-law's girlfriend said the most amazing thing about this phenomenon:

New baby's are like a beautiful sunset. You want to take a picture of every moment, because each moment is a picture of beauty that is constantly changing.

So here are three things that I have learned in this short time as a father, and hope you have been able to experience these as well!

1. Everything Changes.
My whole view of the world has shifted just a little bit over the last week, and for the good. My wife (amid sobs over a dumb commercial that got us both crying) said the most profound thing: "The world is so much bigger and more beautiful now that we have a baby."

It's true. You start seeing everything a little differently around you. The sun is really shining a little brighter. The world is almost "new" to you, as you prepare yourself mentally to introduce this little, perfect human to it. It's incredible!

2. Unknown Emotions.
 I have no problems admitting this, but I have cried (from pure joy) more in this first week, than I have my whole life combined. I'm not a crier. I got a little teary when I married my wife. But crying just hasn't been something that I do a lot of. 

You would think that I've completely lost it, but looking at this baby in my arms, and I am so amazed, happy, joyful, and more emotions than I can express. I'm sure that there is some published scientific journal talking about this effect that men experience. All I can say is that I have experienced emotions that I have never felt before. 

3. The World Is Bigger and More Beautiful.
I can't wait to introduce my daughter to the world, and that's making me see how big, beautiful and amazing the world is! I know that there's a lot of horrible things that happen every day, but you see the possibilities with this new baby next to you, and the pure wonderment that is life, and it changes you.

This baby has seriously softened my heart more than I thought possible. I feel more relaxed with others, and more laid back with dealing with others. It changes how you deal with people that might have annoyed you before, and now it's not as big of a deal.


This might all go away in a month, year, whatever. But for now, I wanted to remember how the joy of new life in our house has made me feel, and learn a few things. It's just awesome! Incredible! Amazing!