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I'm a 33-year-old father and husband born and bred in Massachusetts. I have a beautiful son named Will, a gorgeous wife named MJ who is far too hot to have married me, a dog I love and two cats I put up with. I'm a smart-ass former newspaper reporter with a penchant for turning a phrase, who decided to go corporate and is now enjoying life as a content manager for a website.

This blog is not just another "daddy blog." Sure I write about my son, but these pages are a record of my life. I don't just highlight the fun milestones like first steps, I also chronicle the "other stuff." The fights, the torment and the doubt that inevitably come with being a husband and father. It's not always puppy dogs and rainbows, but it is very real. And often there is beauty in the sadness, redemption in the struggle.

Thank you for checking me out, giving me a try and sticking around for the journey. If you'd like to contact me you can email aaron_gouveia (at) yahoo (dot) com.

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Sunday afternoons

This post also appeared on www.capecodonline.com/blogs in the opinion section of the Cape Cod Times, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. There will always be something special about Sunday mornings. It’s the only day off that MJ and I both have during the week, which means we can both sleep in a little and enjoy [...] [...]

We Have a Tooth!

This post also appeared on www.capecodonline.com/blogs in the opinion section of the Cape Cod Times, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. It wasn’t there last night when I left to go to the Patriots vs. Eagles preseason game, but lo and behold it’s definitely there now. Will cut his first tooth. It’s a tiny little [...] [...]

Worlds are colliding

This post also appeared on www.capecodonline.com/blogs in the opinion section of the Cape Cod Times, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. Without getting into specifics, my blogging universe is somewhat merging with my real life lately. I’m not mentioning names just in case these people don’t want their true identities known, but one really cool [...] [...]

Remember the Things You Love

This post also appeared on www.capecodonline.com/blogs in the opinion section of the Cape Cod Times, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. Will has been extraordinarily fussy lately. I was home with him all day yesterday because I didn’t have to work, and it seems like he’s constantly uncomfortable and whiny. Normally he’s been all smiles [...] [...]

Milestones

This post also appeared on www.capecodonline.com/blogs in the opinion section of the Cape Cod Times, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. All new parents are competitive when it comes to their babies. I blame all the stupid parenting Web sites, books and magazines that list out developmental milestones that each baby should reach by a [...] [...]