Author: Mark

When Niko takes my phone from me and watches videos of us or looks at pictures of us, it always makes me sad. Because, if anything happens to me and I don’t come home, those pictures and videos will be Niko’s only memory of me. I know that soon his memories of me will be…

Ever since Niko was born 3 years ago, I haven’t been able to sleep in! During the week for work, I get up at 6 am and on the weekends, it is usually around 7:30 or 8 am and that depends when Niko wakes up. I let Nina get a few extra minutes of sleep…

After Niko goes to sleep in the crib for nighttime; I say crib for now, but in a few months, we will be getting him a big boy bed, I get to do all of my daddy/husband duties both upstairs and downstairs. Upstairs, I gather all the trash and all the food plates and drinks….

Niko getting out of his pajamas? Right now, Niko absolutely refuses to take his pajamas off. These pajamas aren’t long pants and a long shirt; they are footed cotton pajamas that cover his entire body except his face and hand! He wears them all the time and the bottom of them have holes. When I…

I know I have written about this, but I am going to do it again; and I don’t care if you have already read it. Niko’s at that age in his life where he wants to do things on his own and I allow him to do it, unless he can get hurt. I don’t…