Lucy and I went out to dinner on Saturday night to Mexicali, a hip Mexican joint in Studio City. We went here on our first date years ago, and now were making our triumphant return with the baby we have since created. Below I compare our first date to our first [...]
If you caught the Life of Dad Breaking News¹ over the weekend, you saw that Babs rolled over from her tummy² to her back. Well, just a couple of days later, she went from her back to her tummy. And she squirms a bit while doing this. This has made me [...]
She knows. This morning I was holding Babs tight, and rocking her to sleep, when I tried to check my email. I continued the same rocking motion as she was 95% asleep, but moved one hand from holding her to the mouse of my computer. Babs knew exactly [...]
Saturday was the day before Mother’s Day, and my wife was out on the town with her cousin. They went shopping, to lunch, and for manicures. This meant I had the baby for about six or seven hours. A record for me, for sure… Here are a [...]
Yesterday was the first day I have ever gotten “the look.” You all know what “the look” is. Everybody has given “the look” to parents of a crying baby in the past, as have I. It was the day of our sweet baby’s baptism into the Catholic Church. If you [...]
Stroller Power We took a family trip to the Grove in Hollywood a few weeks back. For those of you non-Californians, the Grove is the gorgeous outdoor mall of Los Angeles. During the holiday season, they display the largest Christmas Tree in the Western Hemisphere. The day we went [...]
I have seen many people smile over the years. My wife’s smile is one of the reasons I fell in love with her. Tim Urban smiled all the way to elimination from American Idol. Guy Smiley…enough said. However, I do believe that there is only one time when I have [...]
Official Transcript from Life of Dad webshow premiere press conference. Thursday, April 22nd 5:32 PM Life of Dad creator and star Tom Riles took the stage with his daughter Barbara Anne. Babs slept through the entire conference. 5:33 PM Riles made his opening statements. Network executives in the audience were [...]
I’m handsome. I get it. People have been telling me this for years. Sometimes a little too often. I’m used to people checking me out. By that, I mean, I’m not used to people checking me out. So…when my baby daughter checked me out, it was a pretty cool moment. [...]
Over the past week, I’ve started experimenting with different tactics to calm down Barbara Anne when she gets cranky. When everything else failed, I started doing squats with her in my arms. It worked. Barbara was able to relax as long as I was gaining leg strength. I’ve been [...]