Look out world, after about a month of fits and starts, L now ambulates just like the rest of us.
She took the, er, leap tonight, staggering/shuffling from her toy chest in the living room, past the coffee table, to her high chair in the kitchen. Thirteen steps in all, confident as ever she’d reach her [...]

With L’s first tooth emerging more and more each day, the little cutie has been in some pretty serious pain over the last few days. Her favorite way to sooth the discomfort: Sucking on the tip of my nose.
For some parents—especially those with tiny, or button noses—this scenario would be difficult. For me, however, owner [...]

My existence as a stay-at-home father has given me three full months of fodder for this blog. Here, in descending order, are my ten favorite aspects of spending the better part of every day with my little girl.
10. Working less.
9. Indoctrinating the baby with a love for baseball by watching the Yankees religiously.
8. Taking the [...]

Big news from the ranch this afternoon was that L has taken her vice-grip grabbing technique to new heights.
She grabbed my shirt. She grabbed her seahorse rattle. She grabbed her stuffed humpback whale. She grabbed her bottle. Hell, she grabbed my hair a bunch of times as well (if it weren’t so damn cute, it [...]

Say what you will about the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry being overhyped in recent years, but last night’s ballgame between the teams was the first of L’s life, so for her, every overdramatized pitch was brand new.
To commemorate this milestone, I made the experience something she’ll never forget.
In the early afternoon, we each donned our game [...]

Someday, I hope to inspire my daughter to practice good living by treating people kindly, using proper grammar, eating lots of vegetables and rooting for the New York Yankees.
So far, however, it’s clear that one of the only things I inspire her to do currently is poop.
I came to this conclusion after some (not-so) scientific [...]