My First Father’s Day

As I write this I’m sitting in bed at the end of my first father’s day with my two best girls: my wife, Amanda and my daughter, Milly. We got to bed about 10:00 last night.  Amanda and I held hands and said a prayer, thanking God for the gift of our daughter and asking […]

Milly’s Visitors

After Mom and Dad left Amanda and I evetually settled into naps.  Visitors started showing up at about 3:30 when Mike, Sarah, Henry and Lauren Nowak showed up.  Shortly after they left Charity Lane, then Cyra Sherburn, then Laura Wyte, all from Amanda’s work, came by. Up to that point, Milly still hadn’t done much […]

Official Name

Slept better last night, but still not a great night of sleep.  Guess it’s just how things will be for a while. Amanda and I got to take showers this morning.  Man, was that a nice feeling!  My parents, who slept at our house last night, came over around 11:00.  One of the things I […]

Milly’s First Full Day

I’m about to fall asleep, but I wanted to make some quick notes. As a future Duke fan, Milly already got some ribbing from her Tar Heel pediatrician, who came in and checked on her today.  He was a good sport though. Amanda’s full family came again.  I might have mentioned that already.  We canceled […]

Superlative Baby

Dear Milly, I’m so tired right now, but at least I got to put together a good few hours of sleep.  I was dead to the world, which I know because people kept coming in every few hours in the wee hours of the night (or morning, technically) to check on things with your mom. […]