Miles recently started swim classes again after taking last year off (for obvious reasons). While he wasn't having any of it the first evening, he's warmed up more and more with each successive class. It doesn't hurt that he gets a treat at the end of the session, food being the exceptional motivator it is … Continue reading Year 4, Day 105
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Year 4, Day 93
Memorial Day pool party vibes. Miles has come a long way since the first time he got in this pool!
Year 3, Day 33
With the weather getting warmer and in desperate need of a reason to get out of the house to any degree possible, we pulled out Miles's swimming pool again today. After I spent several minutes cleaning it out then filling it with water, Miles hopped in only to get out after about a minute and … Continue reading Year 3, Day 33
Year 2, Day 146
Miles got a little pool time in today at our friends' house, where he discovered a love of going down slides face-first... ...and made a new friend!
Day 181
I hate to speak for Miles, but since he can't...well...speak, I've got to take it upon myself to say he had a big day. First, Jaclyn and I took him to one of his last baby swim lessons. Then, this evening, Miles got to experience his very first baseball game, an experience I felt certain … Continue reading Day 181
Day 160
Miles had his first swim class today (and me, a man pushing forty who has still never formally learned how to swim). Jaclyn had a review (of the people, not the class itself): Going to Miles’ first swim lessons was like being on a sitcom. There are the 2 gay dads with an adopted daughter, … Continue reading Day 160
Day 140
Saturday morning, I woke to the dulcet tones of Jaclyn's voice, barking in typical passive aggressive fashion, "Well I guess we aren't going to the beach today!" It was 10:30 in the morning. I promised her that we would instead go Sunday morning. Yes, I had my reunion (and what was very likely to be … Continue reading Day 140
Day 129: Baby’s First Fourth
The Fourth of July brings with it certain expectations. Hot dogs. Beer. Flags. Incendiary devices. And pools. Miles may be a bit young to partake (or recognize the significance) of most of these things, but I did decide to introduce him to one of them today. I'm talking, of course, about the hot dogs. Unfortunately, … Continue reading Day 129: Baby’s First Fourth
The Perils (& Pride) of Paternity 