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This is not a place to go to look for serious advice about parenting. This is more about our trials and tribulations as a parent as well as the fun things we do with our daughter!
Direct Hit Hurricane Ida unleashed its fury on my homeland, delivering a direct hit to the town of my birth, Houma, and my hometown of Lockport. The area where I currently live found itself in the storm’s bad quadrant. As I reflect on the chaos, I realize how fortunate we…
Living in the New Orleans Area, we have lots of opportunities for our little one to grow, learn, and play. We have the Audubon institute, different classes and camps, and the Louisiana Children’s Museum. The new and improved Louisiana Children’s Museum is a marvelous place for children to learn and…
One of Us is Out the Country Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple is in South Korea as I write this. The Nola Nerd Baby and I are at home. The Mrs. is making kimchi and visiting the DMZ. I’m performing the Sisyphean task of cleaning up after a toddler. In other…
The first year of parenting can be stressful. Everyone has advice for parents of newborns. Including us. So here are the top five things we have learned in our first years of parenting. Share Responsibilities Of course, you should be sharing responsibilities. Anything mommy can do (except breastfeed) daddy can…
Wait…that fast? How did this happen? Yesterday we were taking the Nola Nerd Baby home for the first time. Yet, the calendar says she was born a year ago. I keep trying to articulate the impact she has had on our lives. Words fail me. It amazes me how much…
Writing about children in blogs is tricky. How much info do you share? We discuss in this post our approach to writing about our little one.
Thank You, Baby Bullet The Nola Nerd Baby makes 11 months this week. Where has the time gone??? She is getting so big, and she is so much fun. As she grows, so does her appetite. Over the last two months, she has done a great job with the transition…
2018 Was a Challenging Year To say this year has been exciting would be an understatement. It has been the best year ever, but it nearly was the worst year as well. The struggles my wife had in pregnancy didn’t end with delivery. She had to be rushed to the…
Nine months on the inside and nine months on the outside. Our little blessing turned nine months on Thanksgiving day. We can’t make time stop, no matter how hard we try. I wish I could write how much meaning our girl brought into our lives. We weren’t lost; in fact,…
