Hello World, My Name is Daneel Drummond and this is my first lens and it is about my journey into fatherhood so far, Honestly i was not ready to be a Father but knowing the facts i had to get ready. Ever since the day i found out that i was going to be a father i suddenly felt like i made a new best friend, i would talk to him (through his mother's tummy) all the time especially when he was moving around. I read books to him, sang to him, played 'peekaboo' with him and he often moved around more as if he is interacting with me.
The day i saw the ultrasound it was breathtaking, especially when i heard it was a BOY.., i felt like twice the man i was a day ago. i treated his mother like a queen making sure she was always happy (they say the baby will feel the mother's emotions), The day he was born on 11/14/2007 i was so excited but also worried cause i know it would be hard for his mother and the fear of complications during birth, I've already created such a bond, that i already couldn't imagine life without him. As he grew it just fills me up when he acknowledges me it's like he already knew who i was, i saw him smile for the first time and i was so thrilled to see that he inherited my dimple on the cheek (right side, same side as mine) he has his mother's eyes, hair, my lips, complexion nose ears and smile, He is the world to me and i just want to watch him grow, for the first time i am excited about getting older i just want to see him grow up into a man. I often worry about his outcome but i will do everything in my power to raise him into being a better man than i am.

June 27,2008
Seeing him hurt himself for the first time was shocking, i almost shed a tear, i had to be strong for him even if he does not yet know what it means, he is still getting the hang of creeping and he tripped over his hands and hit his mouth with all his body weight on the hard tiled floor, he cried for minutes, his lip was red with bloodshot, i was so sorry for him. In about 10 mins he seemed o.k because i resumed trying to bite me in the neck with his newly sprouting teeth (two of em) ever since he started growing them he's been threatening me always trying to bite me when i put him over my shoulder. so amusing.

June 31, 2008

At 7 months he is now holding on to anything vertical and standing up, he climbs everything (well he tries). It feels kinda weird how he cries after me when i leave for work sometimes, whenever he comes in my hands he starts laughing cause he is just ready for the fun and games as i am always playing with him, he's a fun baby, his laughter is hilarious, his features are so bold now, like i can see what he will look like as a young man. He gets more curious everyday, he notices the smallest things. Anywhere.