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 [...]
I tend to think that I’m a fairly smart guy. I'm well educated, very well read, and always looking for ways to expand my knowledge so that I too can be beaten by Watson on national television. However, despite all of that and a significant age difference I have been [...]
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 [...]
Bottles up for Tobey Maguire, Life of Dad's first "Celebrity Dad of the Week!" Celebrity Baby Scoop spotted Tobey picking up his 4-year old daughter, Ruby, up from school last Friday in Santa Monica. Tobey and his wife also have a 1 1/2 year old son, Otis. Tobey was once spotted changing a diaper in [...]
Every dad is protective of his daughter. He always wants her to remain his baby, never wants her to date, and will shut down any guy that ever treats her poorly. Babs is 11.5 months old, and I figured I had years until I had to keep a close [...]