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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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30 by 30: Week 3

Unfortunately, not much progress on the weight loss front this week. Here are the numbers: STARTING WEIGHT: 237 lbs CURRENT WEIGHT: 232 lbs WEIGHT LOSS TO DATE: -5 lbs CHEST: 43 inches (-.5 inch) WAIST: 46.5 inches (-.5 inch) HIPS: 47 inches (-1 inch) I started off the week really well and went running three [...] [...]

April 30th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Big Changes

For five months I’ve been worrying about MJ not having a job. All I could think about was the money, making ends meet, possibly losing the house, having to borrow from generous relatives, etc. So when she got a great job (thank you Citizens Bank!!!) I was elated. I was on cloud 9. I was [...] [...]

April 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)

Hello, My Name Is No

Will is going to start talking any day now. And when he does, and someone asks him what his name is, I fully expect him to chirp the word “NO!” Because lately, that’s all we say to him. Honest to God, I feel like all I do is follow him around, wait until he gets [...] [...]

April 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)

Worst Parents Ever

We noticed Will was walking funny the last few days. When we got him all dressed he’d wander the house as usual, but something was different. He’s pretty sturdy and sure on his feet nowadays, so we were wondering why he was traipsing around like a drunk midget. He had gone from being very steady [...] [...]

April 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)

Ed Zine, Overcoming OCD & Being a Dad

Ed Zine suffered from one of the worst cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder one Harvard psychiatrist had ever seen. He believed that if he lived his life in reverse — rewinding all of his actions during the day in even multiples up to 16,384 — that he could stop time and protect his loved ones from [...] [...]

April 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 21 comments - (Comments are closed)
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