February 2012
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Important Update
After watching (and being apart of) my last video, The Basketball Diaperies, Chandler has now started throwing the soccer ball around and saying, “Get that noise out here!”
Another victory in parenting.
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You misunderstood
Mom: I’m pooped.
Chandler: You need diaper changed? (starts pulling down Mom’s pants)
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January 2012
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On the set with Chandler
I haven’t been writing a ton lately, mainly because I’ve been focusing my efforts on filming videos. I’ve started what I hope is just the beginning of a long series of videos that involve Chandler and I engaging in various activities together. Last week I released a video of Chandler and I playing Legos and next week I’ll be posting a video in which I teach Chandler the...
“Not this water. New water. That water is gwoss.”
– Who taught my son to recognize I’m being lazy?
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“I hate away games.”
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My thoughts on changing diapers in public.
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Chandler's growing vocabulary
Recently Chandler has transitioned from a grunting neanderthal baby to a nattering chatter box. The other day I walked into his room to get him up after his nap, and I thought I had walked onto the set of the View.
It is so much fun to hear him come up with all sorts of new words and phrases and watch as he experiments with his new found communication skills. About a month ago he had begun asking...
Today Chandler insisted on peeing on the potty...
We asked him who else pees on the potty standing up, and he said, “Grandma.” Then it got real quiet and awkward.
Anonymous asked: hey man great job. you seem to be a really good dad and that makes me happy. my friends tell me i dress like a dad and have dad hair and remind me of their dads. i'm 21. some people are just born to be dads. we are the 1%.
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Cool
Chandler: Mommy, what are you doing on the phone?
Ashley: I’m making dinner reservations for Chinese for Sat night.
Chandler: Oh. That’s cool!
Grandma: Chandler, you’re cool!
Chandler: No. Papa’s cool!
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Never again (except for every day from now on)
This morning I made a break from my normal routine of leaving the house at an ungodly hour and instead got to greet Chandler as he woke up. It was fun to see him, but then as I told him I had to go to work, he took my hand and said, “No Daddy, stay.”
Little jerk.
How am I supposed to leave after that? This was especially endearing because it came from the kid who usually gives me an...
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“Mommy’s boogie pizza.”
– Chandler, upon seeing Mommy’s booger in a tissue.
I've wasted so much time
Tonight I realized that I could probably teach Chandler to say, “That’s what she said,” constantly and the probability of him saying it at an appropriate time would be very high while the hilarity of the statement would be heightened by the fact that he’s an adorable two-year-old.
Conflicted
I am often caught between my desire for Chandler to speak correctly and how unbelievably adorable it is when he says things like, “I otay!”
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Things Chandler did today that made my jaw drop
I don’t want this blog to turn into brag blog (or a brlaog…as the kids are calling them these days) but recently Chandler has been blowing my mind. He’s at a stage where every other thing he does makes me go
After posting this short list I’ll go back to writing about my struggles as a father.
First of all, just the other day, almost over night, Chandler went from barely...
December 2011
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Demanding
Sitting in his car seat as we drive to a pizza restaurant, Chandler listens to our conversation about our pizza order. Suddenly Chandler reaches up and grabs my shirt, pulls me forward, and says, “I want pizza!” Then he pushed me back.
Okay, duly noted.
10:24 pm
Me: Is that fireworks?
Ashley: (sigh) Yeah…
Me: (annoyed) Awesome.
Ashley: We’re such parents.
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Nigh Nigh Time. Pacifier Please!
Chandler is a con man. Con…toddler. Chandler knows that the only time we give him a pacifier now is if he is sleeping. Throughout our trip to see my parents, anytime he has been in a stroller or a car seat, he has said, “Nigh nigh time. Pacifier please!”
Of course no night nighting ever happens. He just sits there with his pacifier chilling and enjoying the ride.
We’re...
I didn’t realize this, but apparently babies don’t start blinking for a few years. Chandler just started making up for lost time. At first I thought Chandler was a cyborg and he was taking photographs with his eyes and uploading the images to Skynet.
That awkward moment when you are dancing to entertain your son and you realize he hasn’t been watching for several minutes.
Gaming the system
Chandler: Cuddle Mommy and watch Bop?
Mommy: Well, when you put it that way.
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Internet
Sitting on the couch using my iPad next to Chandler as he watched a video, he started to scoot towards me and said, “Internet! Internet!”
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The Daddy Complex: Hug It Out
I don’t do a lot of reblogging here on Improvising Fatherhood, but this is so good I have to share it with you. David Vienna, author of The Daddy Complex, wrote about the power of hugs, and I know exactly how he feels.
thedaddycomplex:
If you’ll allow me to be completely honest, I wasn’t one of those people who thought a hug could make anyone feel better. I know it didn’t work for me....
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Dolla Bills Y'all!
Chandler picked up some dollar bills from my wallet.
Chandler: Washington George! Washington George!
Me: George Washington?
Chandler: YEAH!
Me: Who taught you that?
Chandler: Mama BB!
He then took the dollars and ran.
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Did I remember to move the Elf on the Shelf?
I’m at work and totally second guessing myself right now.
WatchThanks dude!
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Shoe box of Lies
My mom reminded me of a story from my childhood today. When I was in 1st grade, I got to participate in my first school field day. It was a day full of sports and athletic activities such as three-legged races and long distance frisbee throwing contests.
Scores and records were kept track of and at the end of the day the winners of each event were given ribbons. I won nothing.
That day when I...
November 2011
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