Press play and listen while you read this post. And be prepared for super-cuteness around the 46 second mark. My iPhone is almost out of space with photos and videos of Caleb. It’s not that I don’t spend time WITH my son, but the kid is just so damn cute and makes the funniest, cutest, [...]
Parents Against Vaccines
February 15, 2012 By 3 Comments
Yesterday, the Ashland Daily Tidings posted an article called “Poxsicle Parties.” First, a little background. Ashland has the highest rate of nonvaccinated children in the state of Oregon (and has been recognized by the CDC as one of the highest in the nation). A few years ago, Frontline did a special called The Vaccine War, [...]
Father Son Bonding in the Early Weeks
February 13, 2012 By 7 Comments
I love this photo that Sarah took (along with some others you can see here) – especially the expression on Caleb’s face. I’m not quite sure he knows what to make of me. That’s true when I look at him sometimes, as well. I’m not really sure what to make of him. Just last week [...]
The Sacrament of the Present Moment
February 9, 2012 By 3 Comments
In college, I read a book by a French Catholic Jesuit, Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675–1751) called The Sacrament of the Present Moment (it’s a short book, and one that I’d highly recommend reading). It’s something that has been coming back into my mind recently as I think about these holy moments that we have with Caleb [...]
We’re Ready – Now It’s Up to Caleb
December 21, 2011 By 5 Comments
Well, we went to the doctor on Monday for a check-up, and the doctor confirmed that these Braxton Hicks contractions have in fact been doing something. Sarah is currently 3 cm dilated and 80% effaced. Apparently, I made quite the face when he said that, because Sarah just started laughing. I looked at the doctor [...]
Father of Two: None Living
December 7, 2010 By 5 Comments
A quote from “A Grace Disguised” – a book about grief and loss by Jerry Sittser: “Catastrophic loss by definition precludes recovery. It will transform us or destroy us, but it will never leave us the same. There is no going back to the past, which is gone forever, only going ahead to the future, [...]
A Note to Stay-at-home Dads
October 15, 2010 By 7 Comments
I’m lucky to have a job that will enable me the flexibility to be at home with the kids and be able to do some work from home once they are born. I know that not all dads have jobs that would give them that flexibility. And so while I’m not going to be a [...]
5 Things I’ve Learned about Parenting from YouTube
October 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
You just brought your beautiful baby home from the hospital. Now what? The fact is no one is really ever prepared for parenthood. It’s a whole new world and your life will change with a newborn. But there is one important resource to help you to get a head start on this whole parenting thing [...]
The Perfect Baby Handbook
September 8, 2010 By 5 Comments
One thing we’ve been realizing is that there is certainly SO MUCH to learn about having babies. And we’ve really only scratched the surface of the books that are out there. Right now, I’m reading through The Expectant Father, which I am really enjoying. It certainly isn’t going to tell me everything that I should [...]
Poll: Paternity Leave – How Long do you Stay at Home?
September 2, 2010 By 21 Comments
While the doctor was doing our very first ultrasound, and after she told us that we were pregnant with twins, I turned to Sarah and said, “So – I guess this means I’m going to need to take a full week off from work now, huh?” Of course, I was joking, but paternity leave is [...]
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