22 Months ago, we had a baby girl. She was a newborn, then an infant, and now a firecracker. Eleven days ago we had a baby boy. He was a fetus, born as an old man, and now is a newborn. After many discussions with our friends, family, and [...]
Life of Dad is excited to announce the start of a new program: My Life of Dad. Men who have excelled in their career, philanthropic, and family roles will be featured, and we couldn’t be happier to present our first interview…Henry Winkler. Born in New York City, Winkler struggled with [...]
If you haven't heard, the Los Angeles Dodgers are currently for sale. Myself, and the team at Life of Dad are officially placing a bid on the team. Below, is my first of many letters to Major League Baseball, explaining why I would be the best owner. This letter was [...]
Next week I'll reveal what I think are the top five funniest Life of Dad videos of the year...in order. Make sure you tune in to see the list. I felt really bad leaving a couple of videos out, so here is my second honorable mention... Baby vs. Burrito Out [...]
When Mr. T was born five days ago, he had wrinkly hands and feet like I’m used to seeing on great-grandparents. Minutes after birth, my son’s weathered hands were holding on to my finger, and I couldn’t help but think that my wife had given birth to a [...]
My awesome 5 day old son is named after me. In my family, Thomas goes back at least five generations. We all have different middle names though, so my namesake is not a junior or a 3rd, etc. The plan is for our friends and family to call him Tommy, [...]
On December 1st, at 10:14AM, in Los Angeles CA, a boy was born. In HIS words, here are the first five minutes of his life… Slimey! Ewwww…where am I, on “Double Dare? Why is everybody wearing blue? Oh no…don’t you dare point those scissors at my umbilical cord. [...]
I loved Fox’s thrilling show, 24. Jack Bauer was the man. It always blew me away what he could accomplish in one day. However, his story is fiction. The following timeline of the Riles family over 24 hours is completely accurate. The below events took place between 6:30PM Nov. 30th [...]
As today's children are more savvy and sophisticated than their predecessors, (namely us), it has become increasingly more difficult to keep the Santa Claus illusion a viable part of the wonderful Christmas experience. Much as we may want to prop up the belief in ol' Saint Nick, so that our [...]
I’m writing this at 6:20AM, as my beautiful bride, and less than 1 day old baby boy are sleeping in our hospital room. Yesterday was an amazing day for us, as my wife gave birth to a healthy chap named Tommy Riles. Yes, this is our second child, but everything [...]
