Annie and I were recently chatting about all the different phases we have already experienced in parenthood from the moment we got pregnant to Sammy being four and a half months old. I’m actually blown away at how many phases can happen in such a short time. … [Read more...]

Ever since we got pregnant, Annie and I talked endlessly about how we were going to raise this kid to be the most perfect human being on the planet. It was as if we knew all there was to know about parenting. Funny thing is…even if you knew it all the baby (or toddler or … [Read more...]

As you know, Sammy doesn’t care. Not because he doesn’t want to but he just doesn’t get it yet. He can’t even wipe his own butt so what can you expect? All that aside, my hope, our hope, is to teach this little dude that Holidays are great for what they represent but if you only … [Read more...]

Dear Sammy, Pumpkin, Buddy, Lovey, Chunky Monkey, Today, on the day that is 4 months from the day you were taken out of my belly and brought into this world; our world and our life, I want to tell you some things. Turns out this might be harder for me than I thought...the tears … [Read more...]

I came across this article this morning on Huffington Post online in the parenting section and thought it was interesting enough to share here. It also got me thinking about how we live our lives and what we are doing to make sure our kids live better lives than we did and that … [Read more...]

Here we go! Annie started back to work full time yesterday (Monday), which leaves Sammy having to contend with my crazy antics during the days. The company Annie works for has been awesome, they are letting her cycle back into work mode by working from home two days a week and … [Read more...]

I love my husband. Yeah, yeah, maybe that's not new news to you all, but let me explain...this having a kid thing is kind of a big deal. It's a big deal because at some point, you have to get back to living your life and being a real human instead of a "parent of an infant" or … [Read more...]

It’s an interesting thing to be a parent and even more interesting when you’re a first time parent to a newborn. No matter how much you read or how much advice you get, your baby is going to do some weird stuff that you did not see coming…at all. As the biased father of Sammy, I … [Read more...]

Turns out nobody knows. It seems it’s simply a term that means “I don’t know why your baby cries for no reason”. Hmmm…very helpful, thank you. … [Read more...]

You know how there are things we teach our kids like color inside the lines or don’t write on the walls? I’m not a big fan of teaching kids this stuff. I mean, of course we don’t want Sammy going all over the house writing on the walls but why not give kids a wall they can write … [Read more...]