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I’m a Dad – Random Thoughts About Sasha’s First Day (On Her One Week Birthday)

So as much as I’d like to just keep posting pictures of Sasha, eventually I’ve got to get back to blog posts that have “letters” and “words” rather than cute pictures. A good place to start would be with a look back at that first day, inspired partly by many of the notes I scribbled […]

Saturday Snap – Sasha Rayden Week One Photo Montage

Having a pretty good first week so far and it’s only half over!

¶ Posted 20 April 2013 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cute

Brother and Sister

¶ Posted 19 April 2013 § Baby § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Our New Family

¶ Posted 18 April 2013 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Princess Kate is here…

…And the non-in utero name of our new baby girl is Sasha Rayden Jay Thompson Hammond (there’s no limit on middle names, is there?). She was born weighing 7lbs, 8 oz. and was 20 inches long. Born at 2:30pm on April 16, 2013, she is currently sleeping peacefully. Checklist… Mom tired but otherwise doing well […]

¶ Posted 16 April 2013 § Baby § Family § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Friday Fun Link – Share Some Unique/Insightful Ways You’ve Heard A Child Verbalize Something That’s Become Part of Your Own Vocabulary

Pace’s portmanteau word “ness” is one of the most upvoted comments on this Reddit question although all of the answers are great (with that said, I’m glad it wasn’t my kid who liked to say “cockporn” instead of “popcorn”!)

¶ Posted 05 April 2013 § Baby § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, language

Saturday Snap – Manitoba Children’s Museum

During our trip to Winnipeg last weekend, we visited the Manitoba Children’s Museum. One of the highlights for me was seeing that every single exhibit area had picture books scattered around that tied into the theme of that exhibit – the train that you could climb on had transportation books, the exhibit that let you […]

¶ Posted 02 February 2013 § Canada § Family § Library § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cute

Lots of Snow This Year

The snow in our neighbour’s yard is taller than Pace… (And if he looks grumpy, you would be too if your dad made you stop on the walk to the babysitter’s to take a picture in in -40 weather!)

¶ Posted 30 January 2013 § Canada § Photo ‡ Comments (1) °

Pace’s Profound Statement o’ the Day

“Dad, to aliens, people are the aliens.”

¶ Posted 20 January 2013 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Five Topics

Haven’t done one of these “5 Quick Hits” posts in awhile… Hockey I didn’t miss the NHL when it was locked out but I can honestly say that today was the first day I felt like coming home from work, popping open a beer and settling in to watch a game. Luckily that will be […]