For the past few months on Saturday’s and Sundays’s, I have been napping while Niko naps.  I work hard at work and I do a lot at home as a father and a husband and a nap is always refreshing for me.  I love being woken up by a baby’s voice, but most of the…

It’s time for a little self promotion!  So, last year, I edited and published lots of stories from my website, www.thedadspeaks.com, into a best selling ebook for purchase on Amazon.com only. Providing some new content for the book was a must.  One of the new things I added was advice for new dads.   Now,…

People keep asking if Niko is in the WHY phase yet?  My answer is always WHY?  Because I say so!  Or as Niko says when I ask him WHY…because I’m your dada! Actually, right now he is in the WHAT phase and it goes for anything.  What is that thing?  What is in there?  What…

I often wonder what will Niko’s 1st memory be?   He is very smart and picks up on a lot of stuff we talk about and for the majority of the time, we talk to him like an adult not a 2 year old.  We always tell him what happened today and will be happening…

I am very thankful that Nina’s birthday happens to be on or very close to Labor Day and I can enjoy either a very nice 3-day weekend or I can take Friday off and enjoy a very nice 4-day weekend; I chose a 4-day weekend this year.  I got some good naps in, consumed a…