It was a semi normal day in the Crosby household , Sid had the day off and I was tidying up the living room while Colter played . Now that he walk it was even more important to keep things out of reach . That's not mentioning the fact he was teething hardcore and would chew on about anything he could get his little hands on . It didn't matter what it was . I kept telling Sid he had to keep things up and out of reach but that always seemed to slip his mind . I went into the kitchen for a moment to get a drink of water and came back into the living to find my son chewing on none other then a hockey puck . I wasn't just annoyed with my husband at that moment but I was ticked . "Sidney Crosby get your butt down here this this minute !" I then proceeded to try to get the puck away from my son before he could choke on it . Sid came into the living room to see this sight .
" What's going on , and what is Colter chewing on. "
Of course he was able to get the puck away from the baby .
" Is this a puck ? How did you get a hold of that little man."
" You probably left it lying about and he got a hold of it , only your son would teethe on a puck ."
" You just want to play hockey already don't you little man . Soon I promise soon we will get you out on the ice . I wouldn't recommend chewing on pucks though . Good way to lose the teeth you have coming in ."
My life was pretty silly at times this was one of them .
Lately I'd been thinking about going back to work part time I loved my son and all but I couldn't stand to be purely a stay at home mom , I needed to have something besides my child to occupy me . This would mean either hiring a nanny or taking Colter to day care . I brought the topic up over dinner to see what my husband had to say on the matter .
" First off why do you feel the need to go back to work you know I can provide for us , Second off personally I favor a nanny over daycare , more privacy and one on one interaction that sort of thing . "
" Sid I can't take sitting around the house all day I'm not cut out to be purely a stay at home mom , maybe when we have more kids eventually but right now it couldn't hurt for me to work part time . I know you can provide that was was never a question, I just think daycare would be good for him he could start socializing early and it's never to early to start that . Not mention after Kunitz's fiasco with his ex nanny I'm not sure I want to trouble with that ."
" She was a bad apple it's not like we couldn't screen possible candidates . "
"And it's not like we couldn't take him to a private day care ."
" Claire no " He rose his voice a bit this was turning into an argument .
" You can't just say no he's our child not just yours , no harm should come from him going to daycare! I'm not going to sit around the house all day Sid ! I'm bored out of my mind . " Before he could saying anything else I stormed out of the kitchen and away from my insufferable husband . He was so thick headed sometimes it could drive the pope to drink . This conversation wasn't over far from it actually, I'd get my way one way or another .
After a couple hours of not talking to one another he gave into me , I'd start looking for good private daycare for our son.
Colter continued to grow every day it seemed ,and it warmed my heart. Sid was on a road trip to new jersey so I was going to watch the game on television. Of course that meant the little man would watch some of the game as well. He may have been young but it already seemed the love of hockey was instilled in him, it ran through his veins. During the second period Sid scored on a break away chance. As I was celebrating something occurred that nearly made me faint. I heard Colter speak his first word as clear as day
" Goal"
" OH My God! "
"Goal "
I picked my son up in my arms trying not to cry tears of joy . " Yes Colter goal daddy scored that goal just for you. " I kissed his forehead I couldn't wait to talk to Sid after the game or maybe I should wait till he gets home and surprise him with the fact Colter learned his first word. Yes I liked the sound of that.
The next day before eleven am the door to the house opened and I heard the familiar sound of bags hitting the floor Sid was home. I scooped my son up and went to meet my husband in the entry way.
" There are my two favorite people ." He kissed me softly
" Hey handsome I missed you ,so did your son. We actually have a surprise for you."
"What sort of surprise ?" He asked as I handed Colter over to him. Before I could answer his question my son did for me .
" Goal "
Sid's jaw dropped " Did he just ?"
" Yep, he spoke his first word last night right after you scored and hasn't stopped talking since ." Even as I said that Colter kept repeating the word goal .
Sid chuckled softly " Well at least it's a hockey word . "
" Did you ever doubt it would be ? "
He laughed softly again and kissed me .
That very same night around midnight I woke to hear an odd noise coming from downstairs . Had someone broken in? Or was I imaging things I tried to wake Sid . " Sid , Sid wake up I heard something downstairs . Do you think someone broke in ? " I managed to rouse him from his sleep and explain .
" Claire I doubt anyone broke in but I'll go look . We have a security system for Gods sake . "
He climbed out of bed and left the room to go see if I was right or just paranoid . I don't know how long I sat there waiting , and waiting not to mention worrying . Soon I heard footsteps coming back up the stairs , shortly there after my husband came back into the bedroom . I looked at him asking what it was .
" You left the window open and the wind knocked some things off the counter . It must have spooked Stanley cause he knocked his dishes over . I shut the window and put the dishes back . "
" oh... Silly me I guess you were right ."
He kissed me " now go back to sleep you dork . "
" Good night Sid I love you ."
" I love you to."
