C-man

Summer is in full swing and in our household that means BASEBALL!  Both of the boys started their t-ball seasons last week which for those non-parents out there is just an awesome experience.  G had played last year, but this is the first time out for C and I’m happy to say that so far he seems to really be enjoying it.

Naturally nothing in life is easy so we weren’t thrilled to find out that both boys are playing at the same time on different fields every Tuesday evening.  This means that either both of us need to go… Continue reading

Today’s the G-man’s 5th birthday!  The kid simply doesn’t sleep these days so even though he went to bed at near 10:00 PM last night, he was up this AM at around 6:30.  I figured I’d cut him some slack this morning cause hell… it’s his birthday!  As it’s his 5th birthday, today also happens to be the anniversary of our first day as parents.  To that end, I decided to put this quick list together of the top 10 things I’ve learned in my first 5 years as Super Dad.

In no particular order:

  1. Being a dad allows you… Continue reading

There’s recently been a hash tag topic on Twitter called #100FactsAboutMe.  The idea is to tweet 100 facts about yourself (I suppose).  One afternoon I decided that this would be a great idea cause let’s face it… people want to know all about Chewie.  So… without further build up here’s my list:

  1. I’m part of the @clevelanddotcom Twitter Twenty! #CLE20
  2. I live in Cleveland but I’m a Steeler fan. In my defense, I grew up in Pittsburgh.
  3. I chewed tobacco for 17+ years. When I quit I started http://www.killthecan.org/ to help others quit.
  4. I’m adopted. So is my brother… Continue reading

Once you have that second child your alone time with either one of them starts to really be difficult to come by.  Recently, the stars have aligned and I’ve gotten to hang out with my little man one on one.  The rest of this post is just going to be some pictures and videos with my comments.  If that sort of thing doesn’t interest you feel free to move along   However, if you’re interested in seeing one cute kid continue!

G and his mom got last minute tickets the other night to Shrek The Musical so C and I… Continue reading

I recently got a new Verizon iPhone 4 for work purposes so I’m officially out of the Blackberry nation.  I have to say that I enjoyed my Blackberry but now that I’m used to it this iPhone is just SO… MUCH… BETTER.  There are a ton of iPhone reviews out there so I won’t bother going into it here.  The biggest upgrade that I see from my Curve 2 is the camera.  This thing is epic and takes awesome pictures.  Here’s a couple of my recent random shots… enjoy.

This is simply a shot of my shirtsleeve.  I love this… Continue reading

I reviewed recently the beginning of my vacation to Naples which didn’t start all that great.  So now that I’ve had a couple of days to decompress here’s the blow by blow rundown of our vacation.

This is taken directly from the “couldn’t make this shit up if I tried” file…

Thursday: After a long day at work I was super excited to get down to Florida and see my wife and kids.  Naturally, my flight was delayed 2 hours on the ground in Cleveland.  Luckily I made friends with a whole slew of other folks making the same trip… Continue reading

Attention guys: this is going to hurt just to read it… you’ve been warned.

I just got back from our yearly trip to Naples, Florida (more on that to come).  I was delayed getting out of Cleveland so I didn’t get in to Naples until around 2:15 AM on Wednesday (huge thanks to my father-in-law for picking me up).  Obviously the boys were sleeping so I didn’t get to see them that night.  The next morning, I was awakened rather early by my two bundles of joy that wanted to see daddy.  Talk about an ego boost!  I don’t care… Continue reading

I’ve often said how much I enjoy being a dad.  Every day these two yahoos say or do something that makes me laugh and today was no exception.

As I was getting out of the shower this morning, C strolled in and said, “Daddy… your penis is so long!” Oh… if their mother would only say the same thing.  Now keep in mind he’s two and a half so he doesn’t really have a whole lot to compare to but every guy likes to be told stuff like that so regardless of the comparison I was pretty happy.

He followed… Continue reading

The wife looked at me today and made the following statement:

“The boys are neanderthals because they’re learning from their blockhead father.”

While I certainly don’t mind the personal comparisons to Charlie Brown, I thought that was a wee bit harsh on G & C so I decided to investigate what would bring their mother to speak so ill of them.

If you’ve ever read this blog, you know by now that I’m a bit of a wrestling geek.  I don’t apologize for it… it’s been part of who I am for the better part of 3 decades now.  Also,… Continue reading

In a previous post, I relayed a story about how G was turning into quite the little pimp.  I’m here a couple of months later to let you know that he’s not slowed down at all… in fact he’s upped his game.  BIG TIME.

Over the last couple of weeks, there have been a couple of examples of G showing his pimp hand but there were two in particular that stand out.  First are from band night a couple of weeks back.  One of the local PTA organizations was sponsoring a night where the kids and their parents could… Continue reading

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