Nonstop Dad

Category: Jeffrey

  • Broken

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    Ariel is broken; and my heart breaks every day when I see the grief and sorrow in her little body. Sorrow digs a well in my soul that will one day be filled with joy.

  • More fun than a barrel of monkeys

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    Although I’m not exactly sure how fun a barrel of monkeys is, I’m certain Jeffrey has to be more fun than one. He is a self contained play machine. He can play for hours with just two plastic cups. He crawls around finding new things to bang on while stopping to bang some of his…

  • Happy birthday Jeffrey

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    On Tuesday March 10, 2009 at 2:00 A.M. I awoke to the exclamations of my wife “Gushing! Gushing! My water broke.” My first thought? “Crap. I haven’t packed my hospital bag yet.” We spent the next 45 min getting our stuff together, not in a panic but with expidiant purpose. We rolled into the hospital…

  • OK, now what?

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    We’ve been to the classes read all the books  talked with friends and neighbors and stangers too We know he is coming and aproximatly when just seems like forever till then We know all the signs and the way to the hospital we have numbers of doctors and friends and family The only thing left…

  • I have to write something

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    5 weeks and counting. OK, I haven’t posted in a while because not much has been happening. I’ll summarize: Jeffrey is increasing in size and  so is the discomfort level of Marisa. Marisa had baby showers in CA and CO and both were a lot of fun for her.  Thanks to all of you who have sent…

  • Are math skills hereditary?

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    I sure hope not. For the last week I have been thinking that we only had 8 weeks left till Jeffrey’s expected birthday. Turns out that there are 9 weeks left as of today. Marisa assures me we have a lot of stuff to do and that the time will go by quickly but I’m…

  • Gooooooaaalllll

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    That’s right I finally felt one of those kicks that Marisa has been feeling for a month. Up until now they haven’t been strong enough to be felt on the outside by me. That all changed. I must say it was rather cool.

  • Jeffrey likes pie!

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    I have been informed by my lovely wife that our son really likes pie. So far this Thanksgiving-Christmas season he has had German chocolate pie, fresh blueberry pie (made by Marisa), pumpkin sour-cream pie (made by Marisa), and pumpkin pie (made by Marisa). OK so I have had all of those too, in sometimes far…

  • Jeffrey registers at Best Buy

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    OK, I don’t want to be one of those overzealous parents that plans their kids life by deciding what they like and dislike. But hey, I figure what kid doesn’t like electronics? So I took the liberty of registering Jeffrey at Best Buy.  Of course I had to get him an e-mail address. Jeffrey can be…

  • First look at Jeffrey Cole

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    Well two weeks ago at P+22w(pregnant at 22 weeks) we had the “big” sonogram. Marisa (wife) and I had decided that we wanted to know the sex as early as possible so that we can adequately prepare the room and clothing. The moment was tense as we both waited for the technician to identify the sex.…