I am an introvert and it is affecting my parenting

Being a SAHD, outside contact is limited without an effort made to strike out and make said contact. Up until now it wasn’t a big deal because I was taking two university classes which enabled me to get out of the house, sans baby, for a couple of hours each day. My son was also [...]

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I don’t want to be an overweight dad

Last year I started losing weight. I’m 6′ tall and at the beginning of 2009 weighed in at almost 250lbs. Ugh. So my wife an I embarked on a journey of Weight Watchers and DVD aerobics. I sweated my ass off to Burning Fat for Dummies, and by April was down almost 25lbs. But by [...]

Music Monday I

Currently one of the top played songs on my iTunes for the past month or so, I’m really loving Owl City’s second single, Vanilla Twilight. “‘Cause the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly.” Such a beautiful song. I think it is kind of weird that I like these guys because I [...]

First Tooth!

Dear Bean It has been a long time since I last rocked you to sleep. But it is nice to know why our napping has been so rocky lately, or part of the reason anyway; you have teeth! Well one anyway, and I think the second one might be on its way also! I felt [...]

C25K Beginnings

Tuesday I started running, something I’ve tried numerous times before over the years, but never stuck with due to injury. I already have bad knees, so they usually flare up and I’ve suffered from really bad shin splints. These usually cause me to rethink this whole running thing and I hang my shoes up until [...]

Post-6 month Change

Dear Bean, Since celebrating your half-birthday last week, many changes have begun to take place. One change was the introduction of veggies. And here is where we found out that you are your father’s son. Like me, you don’t seem to like vegetables. At least not on their own. You’ll eat them mixed in with [...]

Prayer and Grace

Dear Bean, Before before I put you down to to sleep, be it for nap or at night, I kiss your forehead and say a little prayer for you. (no, not the song) This is something my parents always did for me, and a tradition I want to pass on to you. Now I lay [...]

6 months old!

Where has the time gone? How did it go by so fast? Those first two weeks were the longest weeks of my life, so what happened to the last 5 1/2 months? I can hardly believe that my little guy turned 6 months old yesterday. That’s insane (and also means I only have 4 months [...]

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