Character Creation

Allow me to tell you a little bit about myself.  A little more in depth than that the little box on the right of the page can tell you.

Three years and three month ago, a little crazy bundle of energy (From here on out will be known as P-MAN was born and blessed my wife and I with the beginnings of the amazing adventure of parenthood.

I can't say that am the most easy going parent.  I will be the first one to say that I helicopter a little but more than maybe other parents.  I like to think that I am merely playing with my little guy, but if I am being entirely truthful, it's mostly because I can't bear the thought of him hurting himself. I think I'm getting better, but I still keep him in my peripheral vision when we are out and about.

My wife and I are expecting baby two in January.  We had been trying, and were successful on the first go around.  It's too bad, really.  I really liked trying for a baby. I never expected to get it right on the first go around.

I am the oldest of two children.  My sister, three years younger than I am, lives in Manitoba with her two children and husband.

I have always been a bit on the nerdy side. Gaming, comic reading, fantasy and sci-fi loving; I gravitated to these things early on in life. I  am not a supernerd, but I do hold my own in conversation. I definitely can't name all the Soul Gems on the Infinity Gauntlet off the top of my head, but I know at least three of them (Soul, Mind, Power(?)) I listen to metal music, though I look nothing like a metal head. I enjoy a good cry every now and then, and 

I am a videographer by trade, with some skill sets in editing and post production.  I have a pretty good job where I enjoy the work.  Like every job, there are a few things I could do without, but this is a positive post, so I'll leave that for another time.

I met my wife 7 years ago online.  We went on our first date for coffee, and I was hooked from then on.  I'm pretty sure I drive her bonkers, but she loves me.  That's the best part.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm going to try to use this blog as a dumping ground for my thoughts and adventures with P-Man and soon to be Baby Dos. Hopefully, I can foster some conversation from other fathers, obtain advice, suggestions, and some tips.

I won't get too heavy, but some posts might be. I'm not really a serious dude, so I'm going to keep the tone of this place as light as I can.

Thanks for reading!

So, why start a blog? Aren't there a million out there, especially parenting blogs?

I can guarantee you that it's definitely not my intention in anyway to take the blog world by storm and win accolades and adoration of the masses. (I mean, that would be pretty sweet too, though.)

Why will mine be special? I don't think it will be required reading to many folks out there, but if I can foster conversation between other fathers; first timers, single dads, widowed dads, old dads, new dads, adopted dads, and everything else out there that encompasses fatherhood, then that will meet the primary goal of writing these things.

Also, I think blogging will be a great way to organize my thoughts as I travel down the road of fatherhood.