When we are growing up there are a lot of things we have to learn how to do. As we get older that process of learning doesn’t change, but the things we learn do. When we start a new job, even if it’s the same job in a new company there are a series of…
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Everyones favorite question to be asked “What is your most embarrassing moment?” (insert eye roll here). Maybe its just me but I feel like since having a kid, embarrassment comes at a premium. In the time since my daughter has been born and even a few months prior, I have done things that my teenage…
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Delivery day will be a crazy day. There will be a lot going on that day and you have more to do than you may realize. In the delivery day story, told over and over again, you can either be the good guy or the bad guy. Let’s make sure you’re the good guy. Let’s…
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It’s amazing how things that may seem insignificant or even annoying to us can be such a great memory to our kids. I recently had another dad post a story about a memorable experience he had with his daughter. And, it got me thinking. How many times I may or may not have done something…
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When do kids start learning? Preschool? Daycare? The short answer, kids start learning from the second they’re born.It’s easy to say that newborns have started learning from the second they take their first breath. Of course they’re learning, everything around them is new. Everything from opening their eyes to breathing, and seeing lights and hearing…
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Standing in my living room looking at our two year old who seemed to be sprinting her way to three, I thought to myself “I am ready to talk with my wife about having another baby.” However, before I could have that conversation something ironic happened, we were pregnant! This was shocking, but pleasantly surprising…
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Congratulations on the new baby! So when’s number two coming along? Why is this the first thing somebody asks after finding out everyone’s healthy. When you’re going to add another monster to the mix can be a difficult question. Knowing how to handle the question is not much easier. Think Fast While Moving Slow OK so…
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The day I found out I was going to be a Dad the nerves hit me hard, I’m talking Mike Tyson punch in the face kind of hard. Leading up to the day of the baby, things definitely did not get better. My wife had a fairly simple pregnancy so things were going very smooth.…
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When I found out I was going to be a dad it was the first time in my life that I had no words. There was a silence in the room like our home had never felt before. It’s usually at this type of moment that I feel the need to make a joke, or…
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They say the sincerest form of flattery is imitation. And who imitates us more than our very own kids? So when it comes time at the end of the day to get home, relax and unwind maybe this is the time we bring out our role model side. It seems like a difficult decision to…
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