As most of you know Sammyâ??s birthday was about a week ago on October 12 but today was his doctorâ??s appointment for the first year check up. So hereâ??s the scoopâ?¦ … [Read more...]

  Iâ??m busy. Thatâ??s itâ?¦thatâ??s the lie. You know what though, everyone says it all the time. Iâ??m busy or Iâ??m too busy or Iâ??m so busyâ?¦some variation of it but we all say it. Although I imagine marijuana smokers donâ??t say it, but I digress. Donâ??t get me … [Read more...]

We've worked our little family into a pretty good routine these days; Matt works from home and takes care of Sammy 4 days a week while I go to work. I work from home 1 day a week, and cover evenings and weekends. We usually get a babysitter once a week to get out for a couple of … [Read more...]

There have been days that I wish Annie and I didn’t have a child. Actually, it’s not like entire days or anything, but I definitely have moments where I think to myself…”this would be so much easier if we did not have a baby”. So let me guess, you think I’m a crappy dad? In … [Read more...]

  Change is an odd thing in that it can bring such intense happiness, anticipation, and excitement or it can bring sadness, fear, and feelings of loss. We all experience change daily but most change that happens is insignificant in the grand scheme of things. That change … [Read more...]

  This Sunday will mark Sammy’s seventh month on this planet and again, all we seem to be able to ask ourselves is…where has the time gone? Actually that’s a lie, that question comes up but so do a crap ton of other questions like: … [Read more...]

While our kid is only 7ish months old, I understand that we haven't seen anything yet...but I've been to my share of kid's birthdays, Christmases, Easters, Arbor Day Celebrations...you get the idea! Why is it that people feel the need to bring MORE toys!?!? We've all been there, … [Read more...]

I came across this article "The Top 5 Worst Mistakes American Parents Make" and couldn't help wonder what we're doing wrong...or better yet, what we might do wrong in the future. I think it's really interesting that there could be such a difference between the way Americans … [Read more...]

I remember getting all misty and teary-eyed the night before we went in for the C-section to have our little Sammy. Matt asked me what I was thinking about and I told him I was realizing that from the day he was born, every day Sammy would move a little bit farther away from me. … [Read more...]

Looking back at getting pregnant and having Sammy is quite difficult at this point. In some ways it seems like it all happened yesterday but in many other ways I feel so far removed from it that I feel like I don’t remember much. On the other hand though, it feels like I remember … [Read more...]