Growth of a kid... in graph form

I have been away from work for a mere three days and like a moth to a flame, I am finding unique ways to involve MS Excel in my life.

Monday was Christopher's one year weigh-in. With substantial data, it is now possible to start comparing the two kidlets and their growth curves. Thus, I present Christopher vs. Sophia:




Anyone who has studied statisitics, or has the ability to pose a question, might poke holes in my projected growth guesses.  I took an unscientific approach and simply extrapolated the rate Christopher had grown in the last two months and projected it 6 months forward.  

Who's to say how his growth will be over the next six months, though if standards has anything to say, he will remain ahead of the average.  He is currently well ahead of both Sophia and the national average.  According to the Swedish standards, he is two standard deviations ahead of average on height and one deviation over on weight.  

Sophia, is above average on height.

First Day of Paternity Leave

Today is the first day of my 100% parental leave. I will be a full-time dad until at least the end of June.

As if some sort of omen to this new status, in today's newspaper was the above cartoon called Sigge's Lagoon.

Roughly translating:
first panel - Maggan asked me to leave Kurt today... so here he is.
Hey Kurt!
second panel - Do you actually like taking care of babies?
I have nothing against it, except for the "clean-up" part.
third panel - Let me give you a little fatherly-tip. No more wipes, paper towels or napkins needed. Just use this.
fourth panel - A window squeegee?
It works on the baby's both ends!

I will take it as wise advice.