#FatBellyFriday ““ 22 Weeks
Okay, fine. We missed last week. But that means you get an extra helping of belly blooming and we’re telling you the gender of our baby. Deal? This week really popped. Our doctor visit showed everything was in the right place and things are looking great. After all the earlier stuff, we’re still a little […]
Anatomy of a Sonogram
When we found out my wife was pregnant the first time we were just so excited that the idea of gender didn’t immediately come to mind. Several weeks in, for some reason, we thought we were having a girl. That thought persisted for a while. The moment we saw Finn’s little peepee on the teevee, […]
Every Day There’s A Moment
I’m crying. I don’t even entirely know why. Time is a formless substance, a vapor until we have children and then it condenses into the form of emotional precipitation. Sure, we lose loved ones or look back to the milestone moments speaking to us from the past, but parenthood changes all of that. We see […]
Best 5 Minutes of the Web Week!
It’s been a grueling week. So here are five minutes of awesome that will set you up for weekend free from the negativity of the past five days. If you want to skip to the singing, click here, but honestly the intro is well worth the price of admission. I need my son to say […]
Dad Comics: Maximumble
The other day we posted this comic on our Facebook page: But maybe you didn’t see this one… These comics are the creation of Chris Hallbeck. He has lots of comics about things other than fatherhood, but we figure this would be a good opener on HowToBeADad.com. Go read his comics HERE! ““ Follow […]
#FatBellyFriday – 20 Weeks
Typically, moms-to-be put up photos of their pregnant bellies on their blogs. I can’t blame them. Pregnancy, from the outside, is an incredible thing to behold. Photography was practically invented to capture something as personal and beautiful as a woman with child. We’re going to try and post a weekly photo here so you can […]
The Blogged Generation
My family sits like a clump of wires at the back of a desk. Disentangling my familial politics and systems has often proved equally difficult. So when it came time to forge ahead to make my dad’s final plans after he died, things were inevitably complicated. I don’t know where my father’s ashes were spread. […]
Finish Talia’s List
If you’re not familiar with Talia, she was an inspirational girl. Diagnosed with leukemia and neuroblastoma six years ago, the 13-year-old video-blogged her fight and posted makeup tutorials on her YouTube page. Five days before she passed away, she made a bucket list and it is quite spectacular. She basically gave me a Cliff’s Notes […]
National Parents’ Day!
On Sunday, July 28th, it will be a national day of observation for something very worthwhile. National Milk Chocolate Day? Nope, that’s the day before. National Lasagna Day? Wrong, again. That’s the day after… No, it’s National Parents Day on July 28th, and in observance of the important calendar date, we are teaming up with […]
