December 27, 1:00pm. Since freshman year of college, Winter Break has been a time of recharging the batteries…as well as a fair amount of partying. After college, this didn’t change, rather it amplified – as a teacher,I still had winter break, but was now in a major city with much more disposable income. Continue reading “Winter Break” →

December 24, 11:00pm. In baseball, when a minor leaguer makes it to the major leagues, they call it getting called up to the show. The moment they’ve trained and worked their whole lives for, coming to fruition.

Today I get called up to the show Continue reading “Welcome to The Show” →

December 22, 2:40am. It’s 2:40am and I’m finally getting in bed. Tonight was rough. All in all, the baby was good and I loved spending this time with her, there’s just one major issue – Maddie does not like the bottle. Since birth, Madison has been purely breast fed, and we are fortunate that this came fairly easily to both baby and my wife. I would estimate she has taken maybe 10 bottles total to this point.Tonight she had to take 4. She was not happy about this. Think about it, would you be happy with this choice? You’re used to a boob in your face, now you get daddy with a plastic bottle? What the what? Continue reading “1 Down…” →

December 21, 2:40pm. My wife left for work, and we’ve begun. This will be the first time I’ve been alone with Madison for more than about an hour. I’m excited for the experience…but also fairly terrified and ignorant of what exactly it will entail. Continue reading “3.5 minutes” →