Posts under ‘fatherhood’

Celeste will be 11 months old tomorrow. Time is flying by and I feel like I'm missing so much of her life. It's not that I haven't been there for nearly every new and interesting moment, it's just that I lose track of when they happened. For instance, she can climb stairs now. But I [...]

I regularly feel guilty for things that I do. It's rarely, if ever, because the person I feel guilty about has done or said something to make me feel guilty. It's usually not even because of some action someone else took. Most of the time the source of my guilt is contained entirely within the [...]

This is Celeste being bathed in a wash bucket at my In-Law's Summer Camp in Northern Ontario. I love this photograph for more reasons than I can possibly list.
The concept of a "Summer Camp" to those that don't live in the North is probably quite foreign. In fact, if it conjures any image at all, [...]

The trip to Vermont went well. Two stops for feedings (one which included ice cream for Jess and I), and we still made it in about 5 hours.
There was lots of family waiting for us when we got there. Had a great dinner and good times. Then settled in at my brother's place, made a [...]

We don't have a lot of time this morning. We're in Syracuse and about to head out to Vermont for family festivities. Just thought I'd share this photo of Celeste waiting for the plane yesterday.

We leave in two days with what is probably the most hectic "vacation" schedule ever. On top of that, it'll be the first time Celeste travels anywhere more than 4 hours away. Of course, we're crazy, so she'll make 7 different trips to places more than 4 hours away over the course of 3 weeks. [...]

Celeste's pediatrician (and my sister as well, who is an Occupational Therapist working with children) is constantly saying things like "your daughter should be doing blah blah by the time she is blah blah months old". It's kind of annoying. If there's a manual that came with her, I'd like to read it. Otherwise, really, [...]

I am absolutely amazed by the compassion and dedication my wife has.
For the last 4 months (not to mention the 41 weeks before that) my beautiful wife has spent every single day caring for our baby girl. You probably don't fully understand with that means without some qualifications, so let me elaborate.
Our daughter is breast [...]

I know I say something similar about once a month, but, I cannot believe Celeste is going to be 4 months old next week. I'm sure that I was standing in that hospital nursery just yesterday afternoon thinkings, "There she is! That beautiful, kicking, crying baby is 100% yours to love and care for [...]

I cannot even begin to account for most of the past 60 days. At first I didn't even believe it. But I've checked my calendar three times now and it's true. Celeste is 2 months old.
2 MONTHS OLD!
I look back at the photos taken right around the day of her birth and then at those [...]