Spain Dad, a baby blog

We visited our college friends, Dan and Julie Perkins, on their organic farm in Indiana last Friday. Their son, Harper, was waiting in the red Radio Flyer wagon with his muddy boots when I lifted Teo into the wagon behind him. Dan pulled the boys in the wagon ahead of us through the fields, pointed [...]

Dad and I climbed into his truck, rolled down the windows, and pulled out onto the highway headed towards town. Dad had invited me to ride along with him while he ran errands, which was something the two of us had been doing together since I was a kid. “How do you feel about turning [...]

“Do you want to get married and have kids?” I asked Alleke this morning as I watched her pick up the box of milk with both hands and tip it into her bowl of cereal.

Carrots – Carota – Wortels – Geze – 胡萝卜- zanahoria – carotte – ニンジン by color line. “Hello,” I said, answering the phone. “Do you guys want to go for ice cream?” I didn’t say anything, but walked across the apartment and peered through the crack in the door at my daughter sleeping spread eagle [...]

I chose to do the Madrid Marathon differently than most people in two specific ways. First, my goal was to see if someone who hasn’t trained but walks every day can finish a marathon within the time limit. Secondly, I wanted to include you (my readers) in on the fun, so I was updating my [...]

I will be doing the Madrid Marathon tomorrow morning (Sunday) at 9am. For years I’ve been boasting to my friends that I could finish a marathon without running a single kilometer (or mile) beforehand. I’m sure April would tell you it’s because I’m not willing to let go of my youth, but I would say [...]

Photo by Jeffrey Beall. I set down the suitcase and took the envelope out of my back pocket. On the front was handwritten, “Room #526.” I was studying the arrow signs pointing down two long carpeted hallways when April and Alleke rolled up next to me with their suitcases. “Oh no,” April said. “What?” I [...]

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Today I gave Teo a bottle for the first time. Watch How to Give a Bottle to a Breastfed Baby for the First Time on Vimeo. If I’ve missed anything, or you have any questions or advice to share, feel free to leave a comment…

It was my day off. Alleke was at school. April was in the shower, and I sat on the couch with Teo asleep in my arms smelling the back of his neck. His neck smelled like the beach—not clean or refined, but earthy and rich, salty and sweet, all blended together by nature. Smelling Teo’s [...]