fatherhood

And there I was.  Sound asleep in bed.  It was around 6:45 in the morning and I awoke to our dog staring up at me crying and whining.  Oh God.  Don’t tell me.  You see, our dog was never the crying-whining type.  But since having Monkey, he must have noticed how when Monkey cries, he gets our attention.

So, over the last few months our dog has regressed and turned into a baby.  He drives us crazy with all of his whining lately.  And like most dogs who may cry because they need to go outside in the morning, our dog [click to continue…]

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Jane, Monkey, and I hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Be sure to take a few minutes today and think about what you’re thankful for.  As for me, I’m thankful for having such a loving wife who is the absolute best mother to our son.  I’m thankful for our son Baby Monkey, who has become our entire world.  I’m thankful that he’s such a good, healthy, and happy little boy.

And speaking of Monkey…

I’m thankful that [click to continue…]

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As parents, your heart sinks when your baby is throwing up.  You feel so helpless.  And you can’t help but get a little scared because they can’t tell you why their throwing up, what hurts, what’s wrong, or what’s going on with them.

Last night I was working up in my office and Jane Skyped me and said that Monkey was making some strange noises.  We had just laid him down to bed about 20 minutes earlier after Jane fed him.

I went downstairs and heard Monkey making noises I’ve never heard him make before.  Jane and I went into his room and I saw that his eyes were wide open and he was [click to continue…]

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I’ve had a rough past two days, but it has nothing to do with Monkey or Tarzan.  It has to do with my dad.  Surprise, Surprise.  I am at my wit’s end right now with what to do.  Tomorrow marks eight weeks since my dad has talked to me.

To say that this whole mess doesn’t bother me is an understatement.  It bothers me so much, but I just don’t know what to do about the whole situation.  I had a breakdown the other day while talking to one of my best friends on the phone.  I feel so many different things: sad, angry, hurt, confusion, and the list goes on.

I cannot, for the life of me, understand what [click to continue…]

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Happy Halloween everyone!  So here it is.  Halloween night.  While the ghosts and witches roamed the streets going house to house asking for candy, Jane and I were out and about at a Halloween Party.  A few jello shots later, we found ourselves home… doing the married couple dance.

Jane forgot to take her pill exactly one year ago today.  And because of that little slip, we created a little Monkey.

Were we ready?   [click to continue…]

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I really have to begin by saying that I miss all you guys and Jane has told me several times that many of you have been asking about me.  I’ve just put my ‘dad hat’ on and have put my nose down and have been working very, very hard.  The free time that I do have, I spend with Monkey of course.

What a journey we’ve been on, huh?

From first finding out that Jane was pregnant and dealing with all the things you deal with when you have a pregnant wife and all the [click to continue…]

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This will more than likely be my first and last rant on anything on this blog.  I just have a few things to get off my chest and I apologize ahead of time for pressing the pause button on our normally scheduled blog posts…

Even before I begin, I just [click to continue…]

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The other day Jane and I noticed a couple of small red bumps on Monkey’s face.  “What is that?” I asked Jane.  “Oh no, I think he may be getting baby acne”, she said.  Baby acne?  I had never heard such a think and thought Jane was joking with me.  Well, come to find out there is such a thing as baby acne and I decided to read up a little on it to find out what in the heck is it and if there is treatment for baby acne.

I mean I see all those TV commercials for ProActive on TV for acne.  You’d think they’d make ProActive for babies, right?  Ha ha.  Don’t worry, we will [click to continue…]

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You know, I debated and debated with myself whether or not to write this post.  After all, it’s 2:39 AM and I’m struggling to keep my eyes open.  And besides that, this is surely a touch subject with some of you – especially if you’re a lazy new father.  But before I get started on my rant, let me fill you in on a little background here…

Jane ran out today to bring our dog to the vet and I was on official “Daddy Duty” [click to continue…]

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