Year 5, Day 120

George has maintained a HeroesCon tradition since our kids were born, getting a first-day picture of us as well as a shot of Audrey and Miles to accompany it, just to make sure the crushing passage of time is abundantly clear. 2018 2019 2022 As much fun as it is hitting this convention with a … Continue reading Year 5, Day 120 →

Year 5, Day 112

As is often the case for Miles and me, what began as a simple conversation this morning about Ninja Turtles quickly became a deep discussion about aging, time, and prospective descendants. Miles, fascinated by the thought of me as a child, wondered where he was in 1988, a period I was describing as the time … Continue reading Year 5, Day 112 →

Year 4, Day 211

Relationships with other people are complicated. We can make all our individual plans, have expectations for our day, but the moment you add one other person into the mix, their own opinions become factors. There's compromise involved in any relationship. Toss a small child into this, and things get even more unpredictable. Still, there are … Continue reading Year 4, Day 211 →

Year 2, Day 350

I hadn't been asleep very long last night before I heard Miles start howling over the baby monitor. His night light wasn't turned on, and I assumed that he must've woken up in the pitch black and been a little freaked out. Rather than give him a few minutes to settle back down, I sprang … Continue reading Year 2, Day 350 →

Day 253: Baby’s First Daylight Saving Time!

Whether beginning or ending, daylight saving time can always wreak havoc on your sleeping patterns, but I've never ever considered that there might come a day when gaining an hour of sleep would prove so utterly fruitless. Obviously, babies have no concept of the singular opportunity that the end of daylight saving time provides -- … Continue reading Day 253: Baby’s First Daylight Saving Time! →

Day 95

It's only been about three months since I've had to go back to work, but I already feel like I miss so much of Miles's day. The fact that he's up before I leave for work makes things a little easier (easier in one way, at least), but on most nights I only get maybe … Continue reading Day 95 →