Raising EliRaising EliThis blog is dedicated to my son. It is a resource for new dads with funny stories, development and progress reports on my son and lessons on being a good dad.
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More on Jena6 (Thanks Frank!)
2007-09-28 00:00:00 As I said in my original Jena 6 post that I must be missing something. Well I was right, I was missing a lot. Thanks to a friend I have been educated (Frank ...I truly appreciate the info, what I have been reading has been leaving out almost everything you mentioned): ... More About: Hank
Lasik Surgery (P90X -restarting next week)
2007-09-27 00:00:00 If I type errors right now then forgive me. I am writing with a bit of a eye issue. I just had Lasik surgery a few hours ago and wanted to describe the process while I still had it fresh in my mind. I guess the most important thing to ... More About: Surgery , Week , Restart , Estar
Sippy Cup & Tantrums
2007-09-24 00:00:00 We are having some "issues" with Eli lately. Things like him refusing to adjust to drinking out of a real cup, to him throwing tempertantrums at school. On the first issue Jodi is more concerned than I am, that is until today when I gave him a cup of water ... More About: Sippy
Getting Healthy for Eli (P90X)
2007-09-15 00:00:00 I am not a very healthy person. I have diabetes, I am about 50 pounds overweight and if I had to run a mile right now I would probably die in the first 200 yards. If the biggest, meanest, most rabid dog were to try to chase me down, I ... More About: Healthy , Heal
Bill Donohue = Blow Hole (More on Kathy Griffin)
2007-09-14 00:00:00 This blow hole Bill Donohue from the Catholic League now is screaming saying that Kathy Griffin is like Imus for his Nappy Headed Ho comments. Let's get this straight. Imus was insulting a bunch of basketball players who happen to be black. No doubt that was racist and uncalled ... More About: Hole
Kathy Griffin & Censorship
2007-09-13 00:00:00 My god how things have changed recently. In the last two weeks we have seen an increase in public pressure to censor speech. Including the ending of a comedy routine because the comedian used the N-word. Now, pressure from ultra christian groups have decreed that Kathy Griffin 's Emmy acceptance speech ... More About: Censorship , Riff
All of a Sudden?Daddy is Chopped Liver
2007-08-30 00:00:00 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Tea Cups, originally uploaded by Daddy . All of a sudden I am chopped liver in the eyes of my son. Since coming back from Sesame place a few days ago Eli ... More About: Chopped , Liver
Sesame Place - Day 2
2007-08-29 00:00:00 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The picture says it all. Eli had such a good time on the second day at Sesam e Place .Some kids are scared of giant characters walking around but not Eli, he ...
Parenting and Pot
2007-08-29 00:00:00 In an online article published by Rueters and MSNBC comes the discussion about smoking pot and what to tell your kids when they ask you about your drug use when growing up. I laugh at this because as a parent of a youngster I know he is going to ask...so ... More About: Parenting , Parent , Pare
Vacation - Sesame Place
2007-08-26 00:00:00 My wife and I have always dreamed of the day when we could pack up the car and take a road trip with Eli. We dream of Disneyland, taking a cruise and visiting places like Sesam e Place . So finally with Eli getting to an age where this seemed more like ... More About: Vacation
Vitamin Soda? Vitamin Water??
2007-08-24 00:00:00 I recently read an article about vitamins being added to soda and thought that this was probably the most outrageous thing I have ever heard as a marketing campaign (next to Nicotine Water last year). I usually do not post on the crazy society we all live in but this ... More About: Soda , Vitamin
Crossed Legs & Sleeping
2007-08-21 00:00:00 I am not sure why this is happening but lately Eli falls asleep with his legs crossed. We always check on him before bed and uncross them but it is kinda odd. We are not sure why he does this and I wonder if this is just one of the ... More About: Sleeping , Legs
Rather be doing
2007-08-20 00:00:00 almost anything at this point. I have been on this trip since Sunday and I still have two more days left. In this time I have been doing basically nothing but sit in training, go back to the hotel, eat some dinner in my room and try to sleep. The ... More About: Rather , Doing
Discipline & Love
2007-08-20 00:00:00 When you love your child more than anything in the world how do you discipline them in a manner that does not make you feel bad? I have said this before, I was going to be a tough dad, one that stressed discipline and moral fiber but instead I turned ... More About: Love , Discipline , Disc
Terrible 2?s
2007-08-20 00:00:00 I am away from home on a business trip for training in Websphere 6.0 and my wife is at home with Eli who has literally entered his nastiest stage yet. He is a good boy, but his independence has entered an entirely new range of annoying. He will ...
Big Boy Bed
2007-08-20 00:00:00 It is very hard to think of Eli as a toddler or big boy. To me he is my baby, and always will be but nothing can be more deflating to a person as being thought of as a baby. I try so hard to talk to him like an ...
Happy Birthday Son
2007-08-20 00:00:00 A little over two years ago my son Eli was born. What a turning point in my life, and the lives of everyone around me. Eli has been such a blessing to us. Funny, I always laugh at people who say that their baby has been a blessing but now ... More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Funny Ha Ha
2007-08-20 00:00:00 I am amazed at all the new things Eli does each day. From picking up new words each day to his amazing grasp of shapes and colors he just does something cool each day. This weekend Eli sat down and learned the following shapes: Square, Circle, Triangle and Octagon. Impressive? ... More About: Funny
Being Away
2007-08-20 00:00:00 Nothing is harder than being away from your family for a long period of time. This latest trip to Arizona lasted 8 days and reminded me how special my family is. It is a double edged sword for me, I love my wife and adore my child but miss my ...
Fingerpainting
2007-08-20 00:00:00 Over the last few weeks I have felt like I have lost my touch with Eli. He is in a mommy phase but in the past when he was like this I have always been able to inch my way back in. This has not been the case and I ...
Has it really been this long?
2007-08-20 00:00:00 With all the things that I have experienced with Eli so far I can't imagine that I have skipped posting for so long. We are well into March and so many things have changed. Eli is doing wonderfully and has really shocked us on how how suddenly he has accelerated ... More About: Long , Been , Ally
Basic Summary - Eli
2007-08-20 00:00:00 I thought it would be nice to present just a basic overview of where Eli is in his development, some of his favorite and least favorite things. El is now 27 months old. Eli is a dynamic little boy and completely rough and tumbled. He loves to run, jump, tackle, yell, ... More About: Basic , Summary
Study Links Soft Crib Bumpers to Death Risk
0000-00-00 00:00:00 (This story has been copied from Fox News) A new study finds that soft crib bumpers may actually do more harm than good. In the study, which appears in the September issue of The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers reviewed three U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission databases for deaths related to crib bumpers ... More About: Study , Links , Death , Soft , Risk
P90X Day of Rest
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Today is the day of rest, glad because I am running a fever and have a massive sinus infection. Feel like my head is going to explode. I need to be better for tomorrow night. I really don't want to skip a day, that defeats the entire workout plan. I ... More About: Rest
Feeling Guilty
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I feel guilty tonight. While putting Eli to bed I yelled at him because he kicked me hard in the nose. I scolded him and told him no kicking. He kicked me again, hitting me in the nose again so I yelled at him. I told him he was not ... More About: Feeling , Guilty
P90X - Legs & Back
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate lunges.I hate ... More About: Legs , Back
S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Spelling. I can't get over what a horrible speller I am. My brain just is not wired for spelling and I blame the fact that I type on a computer all day and let the spell checker do its stuff. That is why I think it is so important to ...
Oh McCain…
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Just when I thought the man could not get any worse McCain opens his mouth, stretches his tongue all the way down to the ground and licks his own dirty shoe. What am I talking about? McCain in a recent conversation stated that he believes the USA should be a ...
Amateur Radio - HAM Radio
More articles from this author:0000-00-00 00:00:00 Not many people know this but I am an amateur radio operator. My call sign is KC2NKL and I operate a few radios at home. If you are not sure what amateur radio is all about, take a look at this vintage film I directed to by KC2BPS (Joe Werner). ... More About: Radio , Amateur Radio , Amateur , Amat , Adio 1, 2 |
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