Category Archives: Baby

Why Daddy Shouldn't Buy Baby Clothes

I feel obligated to note that none of the kids in these photos are Pace…unfortunately.  Why Daddy Shouldn’t Buy Baby Clothes

Reconstruction Site – The Weakerthans

This song's been going through my head a lot since Pace was born: And I'm broke, like a bad joke Somebody's uncle told at a wedding reception in 1972 Where a little boy under a table with cake in his hair Stared at the grown-up feet as they danced and swayed And his father laughed […]

My Birthday By The Numbers

34 – age I turned today 25 – age someone recently told me I was really at 4 – Number of gifts Pace got from Shea today 2 – Number of gifts I got from Shea today2 – Number of times Pace almost peed on me1 – Number of times Pace peed in his own […]

Photo Update

I have absolutely nothing to say right now so instead, will point you to Flickr where Shea has uploaded a few more photos of the Pace-man. The realisation has hit that the sole purpose of having a child is to dress them up in embarrassing outfits or photograph them in embarrassing situations.  Here's one where […]

Why I Owe Pace $100

I've had four speeding tickets in my life…  #1 – I was driving home late at a night from a summer job during college after a week working in northern Saskatchewan.  Anxious to get home, I was going pretty fast when an RCMP officer passed me just outside a town on the other site of […]

777 (+7)

I didn't do much about the July 7, 2007 (777) hype.  I know there were lots of weddings (and c-sections!) and other milestone type events planned for yesterday.  And I know casinos expected to be extremely busy.  But it took me until today to realise that Pace was seven weeks old yesterday.  So there's another […]

Eulogy For Grandpa Peet

(I mentioned a couple weeks ago that this eulogy had gone over very well and that I would post it when time allowed. A long weekend is ideal for catching up on all those loose ends and so here it is…)

Pace's Future Careers…

Librarian Author And of course, rock star!

On His Five Week Birthday, A Sampling of Things We've Called Pace During That Time…

Bright EyesBuddyCutie PieLittle ManMonkeyMusclesOscarPace ManPacerPacey (even though I said I don't like this one, it slips out sometimes!)PesoPoopyShakeySmileySonny BoyStinkySunshineSweetheartTadpole …and occasionally, the odd name you don't want to record on a blog in case he writes a book someday!

Happy Longest Day of the Year

Or as a sleepy new father and an overtired new mother call it: “everyday.”