All about being a dad and a husband.
Happy New Year everyone. This year we're thankful to have wrapped up a relatively peaceful year, which was a goal of ours after many years of nearly constant major life changes like I wrote about here. I'm pretty sure we either moved, had a baby, changed jobs, or Kelly was pregnant every year for the … Continue reading 2019 Recap and my 200th Post
This is it. The moment I've been training for. We've got one more FastPass+ to hit before our lunch reservation on the other side of Magic Kingdom. The hot Orlando sun beats down heavy. The stench of old cotton candy is thick in my nostrils and my hands are sticky. My 11 month old is … Continue reading Disney World: The Super Bowl of Parenting
Jack is going through the sacrament of First Penance and Reconciliation next week. This is the Catholic ceremony of the first confession in which a child examines their conscience, asks for forgiveness for their sins, prays, and is granted absolution. I love the psychology of the rite of passage. We look inward and examine the … Continue reading Forgiveness
Hello Everyone, I have some personal updates for all of our friends and colleagues out there. First, Kelly and I are excited to announce that we have welcomed our fourth baby into the family. Baby George was born on 5/16/2018 at 12:11 PM. He's a big healthy boy, born at 9 lbs 10 oz. My wife … Continue reading Demma Family Update
What does it mean to create a masterpiece? I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. Here’s what I’m thinking.
The term "game-changer" is so overused today, but I can't overstate how much parenting has changed for me since listening to "How to Talk".
Participation trophies aren't just a way to make everyone feel good about themselves. Maybe they're that too, but they're so much more to my son.
People seemed to like my personal finance posts from the past few months about things like getting rid of cable and saving money on food, so I figured I'd share some other small changes we've made over the past year to keep more of the money we've earned. If you're keeping score you'll notice these … Continue reading 3 Quick DIY Life Hacks to Save You Money
Studies like this one from Gallop show that the average Joe is spending $151 per week on food. For two adults and two kids (let's say the kids cost 1/2 that much) that's $1,800 per month! And this is in a country where people say, "you need two incomes in a family to get by these … Continue reading How We Saved $1,000 Per Month in Food Cost
First of all, let me tell you I love watching TV. I don't intend for this to be some high-brow TV-is-for-dummies blog post. Watching TV is awesome. Whether it's a live NFL game, a nail-biting episode of the Walking Dead, or an eight-hour binge of an entire season of Duck Dynasty, nothing quiets my busy … Continue reading Six Months With No TV (Kind of)
Dear Jack, Two years ago today mommy brought you into this world. Two crazy years of chasing your stinkin' behind all over the place. Two years of laughing, playing, screaming, wrestling, and running. Two years of, "Daddy!" Two years of pidder-padder on the wood floors. Two years, and you still don't sleep through the night. … Continue reading Happy Birthday Jack
Dear Jack, Today you are only sixteen months old, so you won't understand any of this yet. This is a good thing, because I haven't got it all figured out yet. This is what I've kind of figured out so far. The best thing you can do with your life is marry a nice lady … Continue reading Advice To My Son
A year ago I wrote about how my wife and I had our first baby in this post. I wrote a lot of that post in the hospital late at night when Kelly was in labor and the next night, our first with Jack. The weeks and months after 2/28/2011 transformed me into a different … Continue reading One Year Of Being A Father
It's August hot and our street shrieks with the sounds of insects yelling in the summer heat. The high-pitched noise is distorted by the humidity, and the summer sounds wave through the air like I'm under water. A jetliner roars over head and baby Jack stares at me with a curious and puzzled look. We … Continue reading Summer Stroll
Last night, our three-month-old son Jack slept through the night. Eight straight hours, his personal best, and it happened on our first family vacation. Today we're having breakfast overlooking the Old Harbor in Block Island. It’s about two weeks away from busy season so it’s pretty quiet here today. The waitress keeps stopping by our … Continue reading Our First Family Vacation
