tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149598662023-03-17T14:46:03.604-04:00A new parent's place on the Web to brag about his son and to offer him a little life advice from time to time.Daddy Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193960408304862307noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14959866.post-1137701775528202992006-01-19T15:14:00.000-05:002006-01-21T22:02:59.830-05:00

Dear Mikey,Your great-grandmother (daddy's nana) passed away last night. You never got to meet her but she saw your photos and knew about you and was happy.Daddy is a little sad today but he's overcoming those feelings with the thought that nana was 92, lived a long life, and was a very tough and strong person.Your great-grandma faced many difficult times in her life but always persevered. She

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Ah, the sweet sound of applause. The sound of two hands clapping can be music to my ears. Especially when that sound is coming from my nine-month-old son.Mikey learned how to clap this weekend. Now, he had been doing his own version of clapping for a while. It was really cute to see how he interpreted the way that adults were clapping. But this weekend he started clapping for real and it was so

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So, Mikey, your first Christmas has come and gone. I wish you could tell me in words what you thought about it but I think I could tell from your reactions that you were excited, overwhelmed, and toward the end of the night, exhausted. All in all, I think you had a fun and happy day and that makes your daddy very happy.Mommy and daddy wanted to make your first Christmas (as we will for every

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I've always loved the famous "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" letter (I've included it at the end of this post) because it does give me hope every year when I feel a lack of the Christmas Spirit. With Mikey's first Christmas approaching I began thinking about this letter again and I wanted to write my own version for him. So...Yes, Mikey, There is a Santa ClausMy Dearest Mikey,Your daddy

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Our son Mikey, is just about four-months-old as I write this. These past 16-plus weeks have been (as any parent would acknowledge) tiring, challenging, but more worth it than I could ever describe.Mikey has become my greatest teacher. I went to college and had many interesting classes and many good teachers but Mikey has taught me so much more than any book could.Mikey's lessons often take place

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