Listen to this

This is an Asher typical.  There’s a couple of top-of-the-lung screams near the end that can bring a grown man to his knees.

Just set up a new photoblog where I’m going to try to put up a new pic of Asher everyday to document him growing.

Dealing with a crying baby is hard for me. In most problematic situations, I’m usually cool-headed and focused. Once Asher starts bawling and literally shrieking in my arms and nothing I do seems to help, frustration rushes in. Dana and I have discussed it and initially thought it was fueled by my [...]

We have created a wish list on Amazon.com for books and things we’d like to get for Asher.  They’re listed with their priority level so if you’d like to buy him his first Bible, a VeggieTales DVD, or any of the other small gifts, follow the link on our website or go directly there.

My profession or area of expertise is not fatherhood. But, in just 48 short hours (wow, Asher’s 2 days old!) I’ve done some things that amaze me. Nothing profound or revolutionary in the way of parenting but simply amazing none-the-less.
Over the past two days, I’ve discovered how Asher likes his pacifier given to [...]

Doesn’t matter what the weather forecast looks like because Dana appears to be in early labor.  We’ve been up since 3am watching for increased intensity, closer together.  We want to spend as much time here at home as possible.
March 4 would be a cool birth date.

We are waiting for him
Ain’t that the truth!  This is worse than waiting for our departure date to Africa back in July!  We still have no ‘big’ indicators that he is close.  Although, Dana is having some pretty intense braxton-hicks contractions tonight.
We’ll see.

It’s less than 3 hours from March 2008 and unless Dana goes into sudden ultra warp speed labor, Asher will be born in the 3rd month of the year; the same month as Dana and I.  That’s kind of cool now that we think about it.  Between him having a leap year birthday or a [...]

Dana is due one week from yesterday! It has taken an eternity to get here and yet it also seems as though it has abruptly come upon us. In about a week’s time, we’ll be parents. Ruh-roh. (That’s a good ruh-roh.)
Mama Asher (what Dana will go by in Tanzania) is [...]

While we were still in Africa, I made a prediction of Asher’s arrival to be on February 20.  Well, if you keep track of the modern-day calendar, you’ll discover that, well… I WAS WRONG.  For Dana’s sake, I wish I was right because her discomfort is vastly increasing day-by-day.  But, she is still overall very [...]