Beth and I were channel surfing night before last and we ended up watching Intervention. For those of you not in the know, Intervention is just want it sounds like. They profile some addicted soul then stage an intervention. It's an utterly heartb...

When you become a parent, you should really get a manual. You know, one that tells you all about the pooping, throwing up, eye-rolling and other horrors you'll face. This manual should also list all the things you're obligated to put your kids throug...

Last night after I got home from work, Owen begged me to open up my Mac and let him type. He knows how to spell his own name and loves to see it on the screen. That and the neighbor's cat's name (JJ). Of course Mia jumped ...

Getting Owen dressed in the morning is usually something of an adventure. He asks me to pick something for him to wear, I inevitably pick wrong, and he gets cranky. Or I ask him to pick what he wants to wear (because I inevitably pick wrong) and he ...

From my point of view, I see nothing but beauty. I see amazement and wonder. I see happiness. My daughter is a constant source of inspiration and joy. She rocked my world with a soft and sweet cry at birth, and continues to do so everyday with her smil...

"Baby, there's something I need to tell you.""What is it honey? Everything okay?""I'm pregnant"*long pause*"Honey are you okay?"Yes, if you have children then you know that feeling that you get during the *long pause* part of that conversation. Ma...

A small, homemade video for your viewing pleasure this Monday. Aside from the copy of William Shatner's 1969 album The Transformed Man, this might be the absolute worst thing we have in the house. If there's any saving grace, it's that it's a pi...

"When I asked my friends last week to send a picture to me and finish this sentence 'I am...' I had no idea what would happen" writes Alli Worthington in this article from Babble.com.What a powerful sentence that can become, depending on how you a...

We reached something of a milestone this past week. Mia lost her first tooth. She was ecstatic and saw it as both a rite of passage and a money-making opportunity. I'm made of pretty strong stuff as a parent. I've been pooped on, peed on, puked on ...

I don't have to tell you how excited I was when The Wifey started her job and I started staying home through the weekdays. This is only the second week of the role shift, but the excitement of that first day still burns hot in me. I have missed out ...