The biggest thing that happened to me in 2021 was that I graduated from Western Governors University in March with an MBA. I am super proud of myself of this accomplishment and am about to publish an Amazon E-book about the experience. It will be my 2nd E-book; my first was about my first year…

Even though we don’t believe in the religious aspects of the holidays, Niko thoroughly enjoyed opening up his yesterday. Nina and Niko picked a real pine tree and they decorated it together. On Thursday, Nina baked a cake and together, they decorated it. I observed and was glad to eat some later that evening. It…

Hey, that is me and yes, I am going to brag about how awesome I am and all the things I do as a dad. I know, in the past, I have written a lot of Odes to my wife, but this will be the first Ode to me. I am basically doing this because…

Nina and I haven’t had a “real” vacation since we cruised the Western Caribbean in November of 2015. We had a cruise scheduled for October of 2020 to celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary, but it got canceled due to the pandemic. We did get a future cruise credit and will use that for a cruise…

On Friday, Niko was done sleeping at 3:45 am. Way too early for me and I was like really? I went to bed the night before around 10 pm, which is a little bit later than I normally do. I also woke up at 2 am for a quick Niko pee. I tried to get…

Last week, I worked at my physical office Monday through Wednesday. I was off Thanksgiving and Friday. I don’t mind getting up earlier than expected, but driving to work at 6 am when it’s pitch black and then driving home in traffic takes a toll on me. I was absolutely exhausted when I came from…

I like t-shirts and have quite a selection to choose from. I even have a stash in my dresser that I can’t wear because they are inappropriate, but I don’t want to get rid of them. Nina did tell me maybe she can make me a quilt or something else out of them. But, I…

A few days ago, Nina told Niko the abbreviated version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while we were preparing Niko for sleeping. We also watched both movies; the old one with Gene Wilder and the new one with Johnny Depp. Niko was really interested and was actually paying attention and asking questions throughout the…

For the past few weeks, Niko has been doing a couple of online zoom classes. He shoos me away when I get his laptop; which is my old Acer Chromebook, to log in. He tells me he can do it and you know what, he is probably right. I just like to make sure we…

Tonight, the three of us will be getting dressed up as… CHARACTERS FROM SUPER MARIO BROS! Niko is Bowser. I am Mario. Nina is Princess Peach. Nina and I didn’t have a choice as Niko chose for everybody, even himself. I know Niko is excited for tonight because he gets candy. On Friday at work,…

Even though I have been doing short evening walks since June, that is the only thing I am having success at. I stopped walking from September 29th through October 15th, mainly because during that time, Niko was waking up super early and that means, I am up also. I had no motivation to walk as…

For the past several weeks, those three words; I DON’T KNOW, has been the answer to most of the questions posed to him. It’s actually funny, because he says it in a funny tone! Sometimes, I answer him in those three words and both of us laugh. Talk about laughing, I absolutely love it when…

Tomorrow, I have to go back to work at my work from office after being off since September 30th. Even though I really wanted to do some fun things with Niko, we only ended up doing one thing fun and that was washing the Mama Mobile inside and out. One of the biggest reasons why…

I have been off from work since last Thursday and don’t return to my work from home office until Monday, October 11th. Time off for me is always nice, but when it does happen, Nina puts in more work at home for her job. So, basically, it will be a lot of me and Niko….

When we first purchased Minecraft for the Nintendo Switch, Niko didn’t like it as it was hard to navigate and requires lots of reading to know what things are. Well, flash forward a few months, and now, Niko is a pro at Minecraft. The things he builds are amazing and remember, he is only 5…

It’s Friday, September 17th and I have no clue what to write about. When I asked Niko for suggestions, he told me not to write anything for the next few weeks because I am a precious little guy! I was like, that is nice, but I like writing even if it’s just a few sentences….

It’s 2:30 am, what are you doing? Me, my Apple Watch is vibrating to an alarm I have set and I have to wake up from a glorious sleep full of beautiful dreams to wake up a sleeping Niko so he can do a really quick pee. One thing I make sure before this happens…

It feels like every year since Nina and I have been together, I always take her birthday (last Thursday) off which is also right around Labor Day (tomorrow). I enjoy my time off, but I don’t have the luxury to be able to do nothing and sleep all day; which would be great for me!…

If I was put on a quiz show to answer who won the NBA Championship, the Super Bowl, and the World Series since 2016, I would fail! I have a perfect reason and that is Niko as he was born in 2016. I have more important things in life than doing things that I used…

Seeing Niko happy makes me happy. A few days ago, I used our old baby gate to make a fort for Niko. I forgot, though, that as part of the gate was also the gate (duh) that opens and closes. I showed Niko how it works and he was blown away and super excited to…