The Modernish Father

She’s here! Say hello to The Girl, who was born today at 12:23 p.m. after six hours of labor.

Well, this is it. The end of the pregnancy road. We had our final appointment this morning and everything looked fine. At 5:45 tomorrow morning, we’ll check in to the emergency room at the hospital and get the big show underway.

Hey, it’s Christmas! Merry Christmas to everyone! We had an extremely laid-back, no fuss kind of day today. In fact, all three of us managed to stay in our pajamas all day long. Also, no babies appeared today. That helps keep things low key.

We are regular customers at our local H-E-B grocery store. It’s usually jam-packed with confused college students trying to shop without mom for the first time, but it’s cheap enough to merit driving a little further from home and putting up with the crowds. Unfortunately, that desire to save a little money on groceries and The [...]

First of all – today’s a half-day at work followed by a week and a half of vacation. Woo hoo! You can’t beat that. The Wife had another appointment yesterday and although it doesn’t appear that The Baby will be falling out any time soon, she has at least started to make some minor progress [...]

Last time, I mentioned that The Boy had a big two-line part as “The Innkeeper”in his pre-school’s Christmas play. I can happily report that The Boy performed his part well and didn’t succumb to stage fright or a case of the mumbles like many of his classmates. Well, he got to do 50% of his planned performance. [...]

Apparently the weather just isn’t going to make up its mind this year. After a rather pleasant couple of weeks with mild breezy weather to end November, the “wintry” month of December has brought nothing but heat and random one-day cool fronts. We’re currently in a burst of cool. Today’s high will end up somewhere [...]

Well, Thanksgiving came and went. We had a fairly enjoyable one – my parents came up to visit for the day, A&M beat the school down the road and The Wife left me to my own devices for most of the weekend while she went shopping. Leaving me unattended for a couple of days is [...]