Category Archives: Fatherhood

My reflections on fatherhood

Family 2009

I’ve been pretty damn quiet here on the blog. I’ve got an idea for a post, but haven’t had much time to churn one out. In the meantime, check out the awesomeness that is the family.

Check out all my go’ teefuses

The other day we went to one of those temporary Halloween stores that spring up to get the kids their costumes.  I could go into buying vs. making your own and our lack of time, but that’s not really the point.
If you look at this image closely, you’ll see the size for this costume is [...]

365 days of Thing 2

We’ve hit a milestone. Evan hasn’t killed us (or his sister) and vice/versa for a year! Hooray. Happy Birthday to him!

I’m starting to hate the medical industry

So, a few weeks ago Evan had pneumonia. As part of the treatment for his cough they prescribed some medicine to be distributed via a nebulizer. The infant nurse wanted us to replace the tubing with every treatment. Another nurse said “i didn’t tell you this, but you can use it for [...]

Where’s Santa?

Gone are the days of radio updates of where Santa is, now we can get REAL-TIME on your fat-man tracking ass.
First, you can visit NORAD’s web site for tracking Santa that is in 5 languages and features a map that updates every few minutes. Second, they have a link to a kml file [...]

Sledding!

2 part question

When following your daughter riding her bike around the neighborhood, how trashy is it to be walking and drinking a beer?
Same question, but now you know the beer is Duvel in the proper glassware?

Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts

Evan Charles

Evan Charles was born today at 7:34 pm weighing 7lbs 15oz. He was 20inches long. He joins us at much larger than his older sister did. Mom and baby are doing well. Dad isn’t too bad. Big Sister hasn’t yet been notified, but I’m sure she’ll be happy.

[Update 9:17: I forgot [...]

Turtleneck or not?

As many people know, version 2.1 (or is it 3.0?) will be a boy.  Sarah and I had always planned on having 2 children, and its just an easier decision now that we’ve collected the whole set.  The downside to having a boy is that we have to have a discussion that we were able [...]