And so here I am, or here we are.  Max and I doing what I like to call the Potty Training Dance.  He’s been doing okay, not anywhere near the finish line and don’t expect to be for a couple more months.  But I can say, being in the Two’s classroom at school, seeing all the other boys use the toilet and their...

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Dear Theo, Here you are eight months old.  You are amazing.  You are definitely your own person.  You do things your way.  You smile. You laugh. You cry. You absolutely love your brother.  Each month you are here with us I have a hard time remembering what life was like before you, and even before Max.  And you know what?  I am totally...

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His thoughts and ideas and all around being amazes me every single day.  This was taken a couple of weekends ago after my awesome girlfriend Amy passed along this truck to us.  I hate that he is growing up so fast, but I sit here and watch this over and over and am blown away with what he knows and what to do,...

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Those prayers for precipitation paid off.  We had a good couple of weeks of either snow, rain, snow/rain mix.  It wasnt all that great for commuting, but it was all that great for this.  Our first snowman.  The snow wasnt at all snowman-making snow but we were creative.  My sweet boy is a snow-lover to the core.  Takes right after his mama.  I...

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Every day I am committed to spending quality no-tv time with Max and Theo.  Well, every day its on my to-do list.  It doesnt always happen.  Though last night, I most certainly made the time as its been a late night every week - late leaving work, late getting home, late eating dinner, late getting to bed.  So last night I treated us...

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Over the holidays I noticed my cabinets and pantry is packed full of goods that could be used (and should be used) for creating delicious meals.  I started googling for recipes to start using up all these items.  I mean I paid for them and they are just sitting in my house collecting dust and most likely going to waste as some I...

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I dont really care to get too deep for too long.  It can be such a downer.  So I've said whats been on my mind this January, and I am done.  Its now February.  The month of love.  The month where serious cabin fever and the hibernation 15 sets in (you know those unwanted pounds we all gain during the winter months - oh...

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