I didn’t get a chance to watch the President make the case for more Socialism last night, but I have heard all I need to hear about it. There are so many things that could be said about this predicament we find ourselves in. I wrote this post ten different ways in my head while…
Read moreSee, the thing is, this is just about the only way we can get her to sleep. From The Virginia Rohrs Poor little girl, it breaks our heart not being able to do anything for her. All we can do is hold her and tell her it will be over soon. Things have been slowly…
Read moreTomorrow, my dear husband and I are going to set up the school room. This is no easy feat, since all the school room is in boxes right now, due to the fact that Alex moved up to the school room, Beth moved to Alex’s old room, and Emily moved into Beth’s old room. We…
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I love my kids. I have always loved being a father and having three children to raise is just about the coolest thing ever. Starting over with an infant at this stage of our life has been surprisingly easy. Sure, an argument could be made that I am devoid of reason because of sleep deprivation,…
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I remember taking this picture in 1992 of my new wife and new baby. I borrowed a friends SLR camera, bummed some black and white film, and took a few shots for a college photography assignment. We didn’t even have money for photo paper so I developed this print on lithography film I found at…
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Like I mentioned, I am sleep deprived. Emily has her days and nights mixed up and although it is getting better, I am pretty tired most of the time. I am sleeping in until Emily starts to cry–which is usually right around noon. At this point, I have had it and don’t want to…
Read moreEver since we started getting ready for baby it didn’t take long for me to realize the only new things I would be seeing around here was going to have some element of pink in it. So much pink. I kind of hate the color pink. It is everywhere. In every drawer, on every counter,…
Read moreOh God. I am so tired. Emily seems to think that night is day and day is night. She also seems to have a lot of gas. It is a continual symphony of farts down there, poor thing. The formula she is on is called “Gentle Ease” and it is supposed to help with gas. …
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Time has always fascinated me. I spent a great deal of it over the years trying to figure out how, and more importantly where, time actually goes. I have resigned myself to the conclusion that time, like many other things in this life, is a mystery. An even greater mystery is how we formulate questions…
Read moreWe are officially out of the woods with Emily and her weight. She has gained up to and over her birth number so we have a two month respite from the doctors office. The visits have gone really well in spite of the the co-pays but such is parenthood. We have found a good pediatrician…
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