Its been a while since I’ve last posted. Actually, a very long while. Just to catch you up, its been a very busy last few months. Christmas was great. We had an amazing time as a family of 3 and visited with both sides of our family, exchanged gifts and spent time catching up. We are truly blessed to have such amazing and wonderful families. For New Years, very close friends of ours were in town and everyone gathered at our house to...

Christmas has always been a tough time of the year for me. I’m a grinch at Christmas time. Last year, I didn’t do any shopping at any stores, no malls, no travel out of the ordinary. I did all of my shopping online, and any gifts that needed to be purchased in store, was typically purchased by my lovely wife. I can’t narrow it down to any one particular thing. The commercialization of Christmas, the hustle, bustle, angry...

Its incredible how fast time has flown. Just yesterday it seems like we spent and eternity in the hospital, and we were finally coming home with our new little bundle of joy. Fast forward 4 months, and he’s a growing kid with a ton of energy and an attention span worse than our Jack Russell/Pug mix, Molly.  As expected, the more time that passes, the more and more attached Cassandra and I become. So much changes with Carter so...

So this weekend, Cassandra and I are Carter/Puppy free for our anniversary. Its kinda bittersweet to leave Carter home when we only see him weeknights anyway, but for us its been since February since we had a weekend away just the two of us. So we’ll be headed to Washington, DC, our nation’s capital for the weekend. We’re looking forward to some relaxation, some sight-seeing and some celebration. We celebrated 4 years of...