Tag: The Dad Speaks

Just within the past few weeks, Niko has mastered crawling and he is a fast little baby.  Right now, we are limiting his crawling to a small defined space in our living room for his own protection. But, don’t worry because that space is actually very roomy and fenced in as Nina and I get in…

Ever since we started putting Niko in the crib for night-time, it doesn’t matter how early it is, Nina and I always join him (not in the crib, but in our bed) about 10 to 15 minutes after he falls asleep.  I almost broke the crib once when I stupidly thought it could hold a…

One of the perks of my full-time job at Chase bank is I have 4 weeks of vacation. When Niko was born, I took 2 weeks of vacation along with 2 weeks of paternity leave.  But, it was no vacation as caring for a newborn baby requires all day and all night attention.  And, for…

One year ago today, Nina and I made the announcement to the Facebook and Twitter universe that we were pregnant (ok, I wasn’t pregnant but I helped with it).  Our announcement wasn’t anything spectacular like you see these days.  I wore a t-shirt that said THE MAN BEHIND THE BUMP and Nina wore a little skeleton on the…

Last Saturday, Nina and Niko came to a St. Anthony football game with me.  In case you didn’t know, I am a freelance writer and photographer and my current gig is St. Anthony football. St. Anthony is a private Catholic school in San Antonio.  I covered St. Anthony basketball games in 2013, 2014, and this…