On Wednesday, I flew out to New Jersey — to my company’s home office — for a planning session. Now a significant part of my job is traveling, and each year I have to go on around 12 business trips. The bad thing about these trips is that it takes me away from Kristen and [...]
While Henry has a pretty robust vocabulary, if push came to shove, he could go through his days saying only three different words: up, open, and apple. Up is, of course, the signal for one of us to pick him up. But it also means put me down. Or carry me over there. Or let [...]
When I was 12 years old, I first read about the San Diego Comicon. The largest comic book convention in the nation, it was the mecca of comic book collectors, and for the past 25 years, I’ve wanted to go. I’ve dreamed of going. On several occasions I even made tentative plans. For whatever reason [...]
Only writing these “What We’ve Learned” posts once a month has gotten me out of my rhythm a bit, so this may take a bit to get into. This has been a month of illness, of trips, of walking, of talking. It’s been a month of bad nights (those 4 wake-up nights still happen on [...]
Last Sunday, we all went to the Renegade Craft Fair. What is that, you ask? Well, it’s a craft fair where urban hipsters go to buy ironic t-shirts for $25 (and other handmade stuff, although all equally overpriced and ironic). It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, it was in the mid-70s, and [...]
Henry has a sunny disposition. We all know this. His smile is proof. The only time that he ever complains or gets a bit ornery is when a) he hungry (and can you blame him?) and b) when he’s tired. Those few minutes after his bath can get a bit difficult, with the diapering and [...]
I’m not much of a video game player any more. Before buying a Wii a year-and-a-half ago, the last system I owned was a Sega Genesis that I bought my senior year of college (lo many years ago), although I only owned one game (an ice hockey game that my best friend and I played [...]
At one point in my life, I was skinny. Tall, gangly, uncoordinated, friends in college lovingly called me a big piece of spaghetti. (These were some of my best friends, too.) While I’ve filled out quite a bit since then, I’m still pretty uncoordinated and still tall. So what does this have to do with [...]
This is going to be a sappy one today. Just a warning. One year (and 10 hours) ago, Henry arrived into this world with all the fanfare that would accompany a boy of his impeccable lineage. There were trumpets blaring. They dimmed the lights for 5 seconds in the city of Chicago. The Queen of [...]
I want you to scroll down to the last post and check out the first picture of Henry. I’m talking about the one of him with the Batman t-shirt (a gift from his aunt). What do you see? Do you see a little baby? Because I don’t. I see a toddler. And it’s killing me. [...]
Henry is happiest when he's looking at or playing with or reading about cars and trucks and fire engines and bulldozers -- pretty much anything with wheels or that makes a loud, growly noise. This book has all that (and if you're a little nutty like me, you can add the sound effects).
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