A blog about being a dad. And life.
What is happiness?
It’s a question that I’ve been thinking a lot about recently.
I’m not an unhappy person (most of the time), but as I’ve gotten older, or just had more life experiences, it’s become clear that many things that I thought would make me happy, don’t.
When I was in my early 20’s I had this goal of making X amount of money by the time I was 25. It was an ambitious goal that I thought would make me happy.
[Read more…] about The Happiness EquationHaving a nanny is a total privilege and something that I don’t think my wife or I could do without. It’s also something that comes with a decent amount of shame at times for me personally.
I’m pretty certain that most people that have never had a nanny first think of Mary Poppins when the topic comes up.
Because, you know, everyone wants a flying nanny that can blink an eye and instantly clean the house.
[Read more…] about The Shame of Having a NannyI was traveling recently and like many times before, my phone made a special sound.
It was the sound that goes off when a photo or video of my son is uploaded to a shared iCloud folder.
I naturally pulled my phone out of my pocket to excitedly see the new photo that had been uploaded.
But as soon as the photo below popped up on my phone I immediately paused.
Ok.
I have it.
The number 1 tip for traveling on an airplane with an infant.
Our son turns 1-year old in two days, and thus far we’ve flown with him 10 times.
The first flight was an anxiety ridden hot mess, but I have to say we’ve gotten a bit better with each experience.
When you fly with an infant for the first time everyone and their grandmother, literally, will have a tip or two for you.
But I have to say, none of the tips or things we thought about for our first nine flights top what I’m going to share with you. And it’s so obvious. So. Stinking. Obvious!
[Read more…] about The #1 Tip for Traveling on an Airplane with an Infant
Dear Son,
In just about one week you are going to be eight months old. It’s amazing how quickly time is passing by.
You’ve been mastering the army crawl for the last couple of weeks and as each day passes you’ve started to test your boundaries more and more. We knew you’d be crawling any day now, and you did exactly that earlier this week.
Watching you have these major milestones right before our eyes is amazing. It seems like each day you’re learning something new or testing out where you can crawl in our apartment. It used to be the the living room was your safe area, but you’ve left that idea in the dust at this point and have become quite the explorer.