Archive for 'Family'

Christmas 2008

It seems strange now that exactly one year ago today, I wrote a post about the Best Christmas Ever. It is crazy how quickly your life can change. I mentioned in some detail the fact that we lost Amy’s Mom around Christmas years back and how it changed the feeling of the holiday season forever. [...]

My Busy Day

I try not to do a lot of complaint posts or bitch-fests since, well, let’s be honest, I’m a middle-class white male. I’m blessed with a kind, smart and understanding woman for a wife and a handsome baby boy. Life is pretty good overall. I preface this post with that because from this point on, [...]

Happenings

There is so much to write about these days, but not surprisingly I have been too tired to write. While I don’t have a single theme to bind this post together, I do have a number of random thoughts bouncing in my head these days.
1. Barack Obama is our President-Elect - Thank F#@k!n God!. John [...]

Back in the saddle

After we lost my mom it felt pointless to prattle on about indie music, sneakers, code or any of the other topics I have covered since I started blogging. I have been adjusting to life without my mom and we’re making progress, I think. I am typing cautiously because I know that I have a [...]

Miss You Mom

Today, my Sister and her husband Sean, Amy and I and all of the kids went to Queen of Heaven in Lafayette to visit my Mom’s “spot” (I don’t like to say grave, so from here on out, I will use “spot”). Most of my friends know that on April 24th of this year I [...]

BCE - Best Christmas Ever

I bet you’re wondering, what would make this Christmas the best ever? Was it because Amy answered my Christmas wish and got me an iPhone? Well, she did, but that’s not the reason. Is it due to the fact that around this time, each year, we lift our ban on junk food and go nuts [...]

Mr. Graham’s Gigglefest

Amy posted this on her blog, but I just couldn’t resist adding it to my own. I am absolutely addicted to his giggles. Even at night, when I get home, and he should be going down to sleep … I can’t help but just sit and engage him, hoping to get some smiles and a [...]

Please come back … I have things to say

My lovely wife Amy, who has apparently become a blogging experts of sorts, notified me that if I want people to read my blog then I should make an effort to keep it fresh. Well, even though I don’t have one major topic to expound on, I do have a number of thoughts and updates [...]

10 Most Common Phrases In Our House

I am sitting here before we’re about to crash and Elliot is playing with his Whoozit (a stuffed toy made of different textured/colored material). Quite a day for mommy and daddy, filled with lots of errands and heaps of poo and pee. Most of our discussion these days is centered around Elliot (rightfully so), and [...]

My first 5 days as a father

So, at Barefoot this morning, I was reading an article about a girl born on July 7 of this year. To make the story even more “interesting”, she weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces. It got us thinking. Elliot was born on July 4 2007 (7 4 7) and weighed 7 pounds and 4.7 ounces (again [...]

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