Starting on November 7th of 2011, I was officially a proud Papa to an awesome little girl named June. My wife and I were ecstatic at this life changing event, our first child! As a first time parent, you immediately fall in love with this human being that has only [...]
I visited a local elementary school to answer the tough question. What the heck should I get my kids for Christmas?
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Leading up to the New Year, I wrote this letter to the CEO of Starbucks, hoping to work together in 2012...
Your baby cries. And cries. And cries. You’ve tried everything to calm him down. Your body is becoming soft. You’re eating all of the free meals your friends are sending, and workouts are impossible to fit in. How can you get your baby to fall asleep while getting your body [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
