Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Well, I did it. I entered my very first cooking contest.
In entering the recipe that I did I also took a big risk. Even though the rules of the contest didn’t stipulate that the recipe had to be something simple or easy to prepare, I felt no matter what it was necessary for [...]

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I’m going to be a dad, again

December 18, 2009

If you haven’t been around here in the past few days, or if you missed my not so subtle hint the other day, I am pleased to report that I am going to be a dad for the second time. We are very excited to finally be able to share the news of our pregnancy.
My [...]

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Fathers and the parenting equation

November 16, 2009

Every once in a while there is an article or a news story about dads and fatherhood that really rubs me the wrong way. It has been a while since one has come through my stream that has annoyed me as much as the New York Times article “Fathers Gain Respect From Experts [...]

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American Diabetes Month 2009

November 13, 2009

For those of you that don’t know, November is American Diabetes Month. As a dad living with Type 2 diabetes I wanted to share some information on the disease and the importance of heeding the warning signs for it, as they may seem relatively harmless when viewed independently.
According to the American Diabetes Association 24 [...]

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#blamedrewscancer for this Post

August 7, 2009

Somehow July slipped past me and after reading E. Payne’s post from Wednesday I realized that I haven’t held myself accountable by writing an update on my resolutions. With the year more than half in the bag at this point I’m a little behind on some of the goals, but am working hard to [...]

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The Scoop on ‘Two Sons for Two Brothers’

July 30, 2009

A week ago today my brother and his girlfriend welcomed their little man into the world. It was an exciting and exhausting day for them as they marked the start of their family. My family and I had the opportunity to visit them at the hospital and we came bearing the gift of [...]

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Going for Two

July 10, 2009

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The past few weeks have been interesting in our household. About a week ago my wife was shall we say, late, by about a week and it had us a bit on edge. We ran the gamut of emotions from nervous to excited to happy and back to nervous. Since [...]

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The Scoop on ‘Trampoline Fun’

July 9, 2009

While we were on vacation last month we had the opportunity to visit with one of my wife’s friends that she has known since elementary school. After we had dinner and took some time to catch up, we all went outside to let the kids run around in their expansive back yard. Next [...]

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Bits of Randomness

May 12, 2009

Revenge of the Milk Protein Allergy?: A week ago Monday our little man woke up with what looked like hives, but they quickly went away. They returned with a vengeance on Thursday, which prompted a “sick” visit to the doctors office. The absence of any other symptoms had all of us thinking [...]

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Bits of Randomness

April 28, 2009

 
Hunger Strike: Our normally voracious little man has decided that isn’t much interested in eating the past few days. The process of getting him to eat has become quite the struggle as of late, but cutting five teeth all at the same time is the culprit. In order to get him to consume [...]

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Midnight Feedings #2: Support the Mrs. Dude Boob Fund

April 27, 2009

As I was gathering some links for today’s post I came across a tweet that gave me some direction for today.  Today’s only link comes to you courtesy of Hugh Weber over at DudetoDad.com where he is organizing the “Mrs. Dude Boob Fund” to help fight breast cancer.  Hugh is looking to raise $30K of which [...]

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