Oh Great… Another Dad Blog About Another Baby
The main entries from That Poore Baby that chronicle having a baby, being a new dad and learning how to parent on the fly.
Eons ago (translation: 2008), we lived in New Jersey. iPhones were a novelty, mySpace was a thing and our evening’s edutainment was Jeopardy. In short summary, Jeopardy (actual name is Jeopardy! but that is obnoxious) is a game show where the answers are given and the contestants have to ask…
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Before we had a baby, I was under the impression that they were pretty much just blobs that you tried your damnedest to keep alive. Then, around 18 months, they magically transformed into tiny little replicas of yourself, ready and eager to do your bidding. I really had no idea…
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Hope everyone had a great day! Popeye’s first Christmas was pretty spectacular. He was initially overwhelmed by all the action and required two pretty substantial naps. I’d like to think that the few hours of rest were his gifts to us. Thanks, dude! Anyways, here are some highlights. Merry Christmas…
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Back in December of 2007, when we visited Austin to see if we wanted to move here, we happened to come on the first night of that year’s Trail of Lights. For you non-Austinites, the Trail of Lights is mile-long walk-through of Christmas light displays that winds through Zilker Park….
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I think one of the main reasons people have kids is so that they can dress them in ridiculous outfits and then force them to pose, sometimes with complete strangers, while they take hilarious photo after hilarious photo. While I’m obviously being a little facetious, I believe that there is…
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It’s for realsies now… After weeks and weeks of false alarms, the little man is finally teething. His ridiculously adorable toothless grins are coming to an end and before we know it, he’ll have a brand new set of mini-chompers and we’ll be eating beef jerky together. Now when he…
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The average school year is 36 weeks, which is a little over 8 months, and Popeye turned 36 weeks yesterday (at 2:32AM to be precise). The only thing these two events seemingly have in common is that they are the same length of time. Normally I would totes agree, but…
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When you are in the process of having your first baby, also known as expecting, you look at everything in a big picture sense because you have no frame of reference. When it comes to baby proofing the house, we all know the major items: electrical outlets, corners, disgustingly unclean…
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I will be the first to admit that I used to laugh and laugh and laugh when friends with kids would plan to spend a Sunday afternoon doing family activities. Things like waiting in long lines for a photo with Santa at the mall, staging Easter egg hunts around the…
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I am always a little behind when it comes to tying in current events on this site, so it should come as little surprise that I am just now going to bring up Derek Jeter. I spent my youth as a Yankee fan, watching as Phil Rizzuto and Bill White…
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In typical fashion, the little man hit 200 days with nary a peep. It happened a few weeks ago and I was totally unaware until I busted out my solar-powered calculator and did some number crunching. Even with the device I was struggling to pinpoint the exact day, so I…
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There are loads of landmarks when you’re dealing with a new human and the age category is chock full. You start, simply enough, with hours. Once you get through that very first sleepless night, you get the honor of upgrading to days. After six head-spinning, life-altering days, you graduate to…
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