Archive for February, 2004



Holy Baptism

February 15, 2004 — I don’t think I could ever express in words how magical and moving this day was for me. I hope these photos will help capture some of what I felt. All photos in this gallery were taken by Christopher Ford. Launch gallery

Holy Baptism, Batman!

Somebody somewhere once said that it takes a village to raise a child. If that’s the case, then it seems we may have brought the majority of our village with us to Simon’s baptism. Between Angie’s side of the family and mine, with a smattering of close friends, we brought twenty-eight people (Including Simon, Angie [...]

Poo Fighters

In the years before becoming a father, I had plenty of opportunities to change dirty diapers. I passed on every single one. You could probably make the case that I was afraid to deal with dirty diapers. Maybe I was a little gun shy when it came to putting myself in the line of fire; most [...]

First Day

At 2:16am on January 12, 2004, we finally got to meet Simon Christopher. He was three weeks early, but at a healthy 7lbs. 15oz. I didn’t have any worry that he wasn’t ready to come out. These are a few snapshots from his first day on the outside. Launch Gallery