1. I never really cooked at home before I got married, but now, I do, and Bong and Kara love whatever I cook, and that’s what’s most important to me 2. I love kissing and cuddling, so whatever chance I get to kiss and cuddle my children, I grab it. And yes, I LOVE doing this too with Bong. 3. I ...

Apparently, I’m suffering "temporary partial disablement". Or so my insurers say (so, hopefully, they will pay up). As a sufferer, I can report the following: it hurts one becomes the centre of conversation going to the loo becomes a challenge climbing stairs becomes even more of a c...

We have just taken the opportunity to have a little holiday. Well, that was the plan. I had to go to Angers for an exhibition and took H and T along with me, something we have done for four out of the last five years. After staying in Angers for a couple of nights and a (very successful) day at th...

I met the mother of my baby at a Chinese restaurant in Pittsburgh!  Today is our personalized holiday: Valeversary (the combination of Valentines Day and the day we met). The last two years have been a whirlwind.  Long phone calls.  Rendezvous in Cleveland.  Frequent trips do...

Leah and I had a great date night on Thursday.  We went out for some whole wheat pasta (thanks to the Daniel's fast) and I surprised her with a game I made up that I creatively call "12 Questions for Date Night."  The questions were designed to get to know her better. ...

Last night when Sciarrino and I were running errands I found some of the same very soft fabric that Bj had put in the inside of his Baby Hawk baby carrier. He loves this stuff called minkee, it's very soft and, I found out, super expensive. I've seen off brand stuff but Bj had this same choc...

Continuing a blogging tradition that I started three years ago when I first started blogging . . . a month by month look at my 2008 using only one photo per month.(BTW, each month name below is a link to a calendar view of pictures taken that month and uploaded to flickr. Just in case you wanna see ...

Around this time of year I always start to reflect on things that happened this year. Things we did this year: -Went to see the Musical The Lion King with both my family and my wife's family. -My wife and I went to Deep Creek, MD and decided to try Husky Dog-sledding. -We spent many many hours r...

Yesterday was our annual crew girl holiday party. Note to the casual reader: I call them crew girls because we were all on the Oregon State Crew team together (rowing). In addition to our evening festivities this year we had a joint baby shower for Tracy and I, who are due on the same day (we know!)...

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