A year ago Bixie was in the hospital, just hours away from the delivery of our first child, a little boy named Gus. We were so nervous. So thrilled. So hopeful! In the intervening months we’ve received quite an education about what it means to be parents, full-time, all the time. And our reward has [...]
I jolted awake a couple nights ago at the realization that this Mother’s Day isn’t just about my own mother. Shocking revelation: for the first time, the woman lying next to me is ALSO a mother! I mean, I obviously understand she’s the mother of my son. But when I think about Mother’s day I [...]
It’s different this time. Bixie’s second pregnancy is humming along nicely. She’s already past the morning sickness phase (though she gets hers in the evening). She tires more easily, too, but you’d barely know she was pregnant save for the fact she’s beginning to show just a little. That, and she abstains from that evening [...]
Last night Gus fussed and wailed, waking his parents up several times. We followed all of the rituals that normally calm him back to sleep, but sometimes what seems logical and has worked many times in the past has absolutely zero effect. And I’m pretty sure I know why. Our baby is essentially a wild [...]
I’m 41 years old and crossing a major milestone tomorrow in that I’m finally having my wisdom teeth extracted. I know, I know, you’re jealous. It’s not every day you get to have a dentist put his foot on your chest to gain leverage while trying to twist free the roots of a tooth deeply [...]
Our son is filling out. Whereas once he was a slender, frail little creature, today he’s got the full battery of pudgy baby attributes: jowls, plump belly, forearms and thighs. His face has transformed from fresh-from-the-womb smooshiness to something closer to boyishness. As such, I’ve begun to assign an array of nicknames to Gus to [...]
Okay, I’ve been slacking lately with respect to Dadblast posts. Mea culpa! Fortunately my lovely bride Bixie is determined to get us back on track with another installment of her Mommy Monday posts. While you read her post below, I’ll be doing squats: Being back to work, daylight savings time and Gus’ 6:30 p.m. bedtime [...]
This post isn’t typical of my writing at Dadblast, but I hope you’ll indulge me for a moment. Today marks five years since my sweet Bixie accepted my hand in marriage, and there are some things I have to get off of my heart. I met her at work 10 years ago in Boston. We [...]
I consider myself relatively immune to advertising. Fiery Tacos? Please. Best phone network? Yawn. Everyday low prices? Wretch. This post examines one of the few times I can recall that I was swayed into making a purchase by a promotion. About five months ago my then-preggo wife and I were watching the Today Show on [...]
This morning my lovely bride and I walked to the ferry in Sausalito, about a mile from our little house on a hill. I pushed our little wide-eyed Gus in the stroller and Bixie and I made light conversation as the majesty of Sausalito unfolded before our eyes. The happy homes perched on the hillside, [...]
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