Fatherhood
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It was a milestone morning in my home as sweet baby Jarvis enjoyed his first taste of solid food. My wife made him some oatmeal with breast milk and I think he liked it. Here's the before, during and after photographic evidence.
I have returned from a short trip to paradise. We rented cottage #7 from White Birches Cottage Resort and enjoyed hot and sunny days on Oxtongue Lake. There was plenty of swimming, kayaking, canoeing and barbecuing and all five of us had a blast. That's right, this was sweet baby
The forecast for today called for lots and lots of rain. I was eyeballing the hourly forecast last night wondering if I should cancel our trip to Canada's Wonderland or go for it. I decided to go for it. I've made a handful of wise decisions in my life, and
My amazing daughter Michelle turned 10-years old at 12:55 this morning. Welcome to double digits, baby! I can't believe that young lady was once this little girl: Happy Birthday, Michelle!
A couple of years ago, I wrote many words about why I never liked Instagram. When Instagram came on the scene, I hated how people were intentionally and artificially processing their pictures to make them look old or Polaroided. In my opinion, the aged look of a photograph only has
The first sign of a newborn's personality comes out when he/she starts to smile and laugh. And once you discover what makes that happen, you'll do it over and over again, no matter how ridiculous you sound.
I often hear rants and jokes about how we're breeding a generation of underachievers by rewarding them for participation. The insinuation is that we don't keep score and everyone is regarded as a winner. This isn't true, nor is it new. In the early 80s, when I started my house
Pulp Fiction is my favourite movie of all time. Forever I've had this poster hanging in my bedroom. Over the last few years, my son and I would talk about Pulp Fiction. He's wanted me to watch it with him for a couple of years now but I waited. My
Roots was kind enough to include me and my newborn son in an online Father's Day feature. Here's a link for the curious. I love how the pics turned out. Here's a sample.
My son and daughter both love their new baby brother, but that's where the similarities end. My daughter is a natural born nurturer. She wants to hold her little brother while singing to him and rocking him gently. Heck, she even enjoys changing his diapers. It's a joy to watch.
For a school project, my daughter has created Bitstrips characters for just about everyone she cares about. Here's my character:
My wife took this photo in the middle of Jarvis's first night at home.
My son Jarvis was born a little over a week ago. This is the story of how he got his name. Last August, I took my daughter Michelle to her first concert. We saw Selena Gomez at the ACC. We parked at 1 Yonge Street and walked to a restaurant
My son plays for Frost in the Pee Wee division of the George Bell Hockey Association. Today, they took on the Capitals in the finals and we won! I love watching my boy play hockey. He won it all last year, and won it all again today in a 6-1
Yesterday, was a great day. In fact, it was one of those all-time wonderful days that I'll remember forever. I enjoyed my first day with baby Jarvis and got to introduce James and Michelle to their new brother. It was awesome. At about 6pm, James, Michelle and I decided to
Last night, at 9:45pm, Jarvis Henry finally arrived. He was 8lb 3oz and perfectly healthy. Mom's doing great, his brother and sister are excited and I'm exhausted.
An arrogant, insufferable cad who threw away Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald and ensured the Leafs went 266-441 in the 80s is responsible for the room my son will be born in.
I made a great sacrifice for my unborn son this week. I left the comfy confines of my 2nd floor office and converted it back into a baby's room. Here's the before: Here's the after: I'm not complaining. Making the switch was a no-brainer, and besides, I love my new
With my first two kids, we used Pampers and Huggies disposable diapers. For kid #3, due any day now, we're using reusable cloth diapers. My wife wrote a great entry about the decision here. We decided to go with one-size pocket diapers. To start, I purchased two of the best
My wife is 36 weeks pregnant today. Baby Jarvis will arrive at some point in the next month. On Sunday, I moved my home office and podcast studio into the basement so we could start setting up his room. Yesterday, we were in Ikea picking him up a dresser. We've
