One year ago today, my daughter was two days removed from open-heart surgery. That first week was impossible, but little signs of strength from Babs helped us pull through. Today, Babs is walking around the house like she owns the place, whereas one year ago, I was excited to hear [...]
Just after the Grammy Awards and a day before the Oscars, the first annual Barbara Awards were held at a kids friendly venue in Los Angeles. The red carpet birthday party event celebrated Barbara Anne Riles turning one year old. Each of the fifteen children in attendance were nominees, and by [...]
Babs turned one year old on Saturday. We couldn't be prouder of her. Her health is great, and she is really thriving. This made me think back to exactly where we were one year ago. Here is the very first entry I wrote for Life of Dad: February 28, [...]
Jaques plans a suprise birthday picnic for The Count, which is sabotaged by an unplanned Brazilian Wax. Only Todd could be behind this. For the entire series of "The Real Housedads of Orange County," visit https://www.lifeofdad.com/housedads To become a fan of "The Real Housedads of Orange County" on Facebook, visit [...]
Welcome to Jordon Gillis’ weekly column, A Sporting Chance. This column is the perfect way to keep up with what is going on in the sports world, when you just don’t have time to watch anymore. 127 Hours Unless the NFL owners and players come to an agreement by Wednesday at midnight, [...]
Babs is turning one year old tomorrow. She’s a smart kid already. Really smart. So smart that I found this report card she created, grading me on my first year as a parent. All of her comments are in italics. Reading: A- Comments: Dada, I really enjoy when you read [...]
This may be the worst idea I have ever had. I have 1-2 cups of coffee every morning, and now they taste even better from my new Coffee Bean CBTL machine (I’ll talk more about this machine in another post soon). This coffeemaker has the ability to make coffee, tea, [...]
Onesie Wednesday is back! Put on your onesie, go somewhere in public, and take a picture. I did, and here is I came up with.
Lil’ Biscuits? Yes, please. Diced carrots, mixed with prunes? I’ll take ‘em. Apple Wagon Wheels? You bet. Peach and blueberry puree? Done and done. If you have a young one, you may recognize some of these food items. If not, I highly recommend going out to the store to stock [...]
Babs' first roomate at Children's Hospital Los Angeles was a young man named Bodie. Good guy, great family. As challenging of a road we had with Babs, Bodie's journey was significantly tougher, and the complications lasted for almost a year. Bodie has had three different open-heart surgeries over his first year, repairing [...]