Matthew entered our lives on a Friday, a day that began pretty normal. I dropped Ben off at daycare and then Andrea and I grabbed a healthy breakfast of bagels and donuts. Andrea was already scheduled for a C-section the following Tuesday even before we headed over to the doctors […]
Going through some old writing, I found three “letters” I had written right around the time we found out that Ben was on his way. Below is the first one from the night we found out that Andrea might be pregnant. You probably need to read this post to make […]
It seems like a mere week ago that it was just Andrea, our bulldog and myself sitting in a little house. I would spend time on the computer researching new daddy things like the best car seats and cribs and what diapers are best. It seems like just a few […]
This evening, after work, I was out playing tee ball with Benjamin and Matthew, trying to get a head start on practice for both them and me. At one point Matthew insisted on batting without the tee, with me pitching to him. So, I lined him up at the rubber […]
Any one who is a parent knows that there are days when we just are going to be off our games. Days when it feels like all we have is just enough energy to get through three solid meals, the bare necessity errands and a story at bedtime. Days when the […]
It was just an email trying to sort through what I thought, correctly, was a mistake. Ben needed more time at a tee and Matthew had not played tee ball and they were trying to put them both in the next division. Yes, I had already said to being an […]
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