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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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Dads Do Not Babysit!

I’ve seen this topic tackled on several other blogs in the past. Frankly, I never wrote about it because I really hadn’t run into anyone who thinks like that in real life. Until this past week. I was talking with a woman in New Jersey over the weekend who had a baby a little older [...] [...]

It Takes a Village to Go on Vacation

I have a bunch of pictures to post of the wedding and the reception, which is good because I don’t really remember the end of the reception. It was a very fun time, the bride and groom looked fantastic and their friends are a friggin riot. Let’s just say after 7 hours of open bar, [...] [...]

Pure Bliss & No Left Turns

Something has happened that hasn’t happened for me in years. When I went to bed last night, the clock read 11:43 p.m. MJ and I had planned on having a few beers, playing a one-on-one game of strip poker and then defiling each other. But the bride and groom showed up at the hotel and [...] [...]

Welcome to New Jersey

Toward the end of our car ride today, MJ suddenly turned her nose up at me in disgust and waved her hand in front of her face furiously. “Oh my God, your ass STINKS!” she said. Usually she’s right, my farts are horrible. But this time I was innocent, no bad gas to speak of. [...] [...]

Will’s a Flirt…Sometimes!

There’s no two ways about it, my son is a flirt. I’m not quite sure where he gets it, but it seems Will enjoys being the center of attention. He’s only truly happy when all eyes are on him, and therefore he’s hell bent on making eyes at everyone who walks by. This is especially [...] [...]