I Write. You Read.

Although he is small, soft, cute, makes interesting noises and so far shows only a limited amount of conscious control of himself, Simon is not a toy. Of course, that doesn’t stop me — and others — from doing what we can to amuse ourselves at his expense. We tell ourselves that we’re helping him […]

Just the other day I was one half of a happy DINK household, living the carefree life which was all that I had ever known. Today, I am the proud father of a four-month-and-two-days-old baby boy. “Just the other day” seems like so long ago… …and yet four months have gone by in the blink of […]

Here’s a few little movies for you to watch, since we couldn’t make it out of town for Easter. (You’ll need the Quicktime plugin to watch these.) Playtime with the thingy Bunny ears A little talkin’

Ask any new parent what their biggest adjustment has been, now that they have a baby in their lives, and I’m willing to bet most of them will have the same answer: sleep, or more precisely the lack of sleep. Everyone seems to have their own ideas on how to “deal” with the sleeping problem, […]

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

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