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Our son, Nate, is 16 months old. He’s adorable, hilarious, walking, running, loud, and incredibly energetic. He also has started doing things that we don’t want him to. Like hitting a glass table with a spoon (which scares both the cats and his parents) and hitting people.

He’s started to understand that when I say, “if you do that again, I’m going to take it away,” that it means something. The other day when he hit the table after I told him not to and I stood up, he ran across the house whining, because he knew I was going to … Continue Reading

Sara and I are going to Lubbock tomorrow (our last hoorah before baby #2 arrives) for the weekend, and we’re leaving Nate behind. While, statistically, you’re safer on a plane than you are in the ocean or in a car, it’s still scary having the two of us leave as eggs in the same basket, so to speak.

While we have a will (which hasn’t actually been signed by witnesses, which we might need to work out pretty quick), and he’d be left with good people, as a parent, I feel driven to impart both pieces of wisdom and information about … Continue Reading

Here’s a buddy, @vanweezy’s, take on babies: http://vanweezy.blogspot.com/2008/06/babies-babies-babies.html

That describes Sara’s and my exact sentiment about children when we first got married (we haven’t been married much longer than them, so it was for a much shorter phase).

Then we’d alternate getting baby fever, and finally one day we got it at the same time. Sara went off birth control, and about 14 months later this guy was born.

I’m glad we waited a year to even start trying. Everything about babies is stressful. It turns your life upside down. Parents live shorter lives than those who opt not to … Continue Reading