Avery has taken a liking to laugh and giggle at me, but not at Colleen. Which is fine and dandy until you point it out incessantly to your wife.
Scott: Don’t you find it funny how Avery laughs at me and not you? (I do not normally recommend a comment like this to the [...]

Colleen and I had both hoped that Avery would sleep late on Christmas morning after staying up later than normal on Christmas Eve. No such luck.
At around 5:30am we heard the girl talking and squirming in the crib (it is in the same room as we sleep at Colleen’s parents), but we tried to [...]

Socks or Underwear?

I finished my shopping, but I think that I know why I procrastinated. Subconciously I knew that the moment I finished my shopping, I would have to wrap the gifts. Let me tell you … it is not pretty. I am currently halfway through the gifts. one gift wrapped here, a [...]

The beauty of parenting blogs is that you often see yourself and your family in the activities and writings of others. That is part of the fun of blogging … sharing your thoughts and experiences and knowing that there are others like you (yes, we parents really are a different species).
Today, was [...]

Avery is now starting to grab onto Colleen’s hair. I guess now I am realizing that maybe bald can be good. Any perspective?

There comes a time when one must finally succomb to the holiday spirit. It seems that even though I did not intentionally put off my holiday shopping, it has ended up that it is now Thursday and I am a little low on the gifts for giving. Days and nights have passed and [...]

I will be interested (for many reasons) in seeing Munich which opens Friday the 23rd. Not that we really have time to see movies …

I think that Avery has found the eighth wonder of the world. At least she thinks so. She believes it is the greatest thing in world, but everyone else calls it a pie pan.
At 99 cents for 3, it is far and away the most economical toy purchase we may ever make.