I'm a 32-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.

Will & All the Single Ladies

There are many things I hope to pass on to my son. A rapier wit, unrivaled intelligence, never-ending handsomeness and gargantuan manhood. But some of my traits are better left on the sideline.

One such flaw of mine is the dreaded White Man’s Shuffle in place of actual dance moves. While I learned at an early age I would never be dancing with the stars, I hoped against hope my darling son might somehow be blessed with Fred Astaire-esque fleetness of foot. I happily dreamed of Will being the star of his middle school dances, surrounded by girls chanting “Go Will, Go Will!” as he busted some sweet moves and cut a few rugs. Hell, I would’ve settled for the Napoleon Dynamite dance.

Alas, it is not to be. The following video proves my little guy is damn cute for sure, but his geeky dancing is sure to get him exiled to the uncertainty of the far wall at dances. And not to spoil it, but make sure you watch til the end.

4 comments to Will & All the Single Ladies

DaddyYoEffinRox

04/12/2010 at 8:13 am

How cute! I have a feeling my son has also inherited my inability to dance like the stars. There is still hope though, they are still young lol
Badass Geek

04/12/2010 at 10:12 am

Awesome. Hopefully the monkey sound effects fall by the wayside by the time his first Homecoming arrives.
JEE

04/12/2010 at 10:57 am

Apparently little kids have a thing for this song….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgqawwX7fmc&feature=related

You handled it much better than that father did, lol.
Grumpy

04/18/2010 at 6:02 am

ha! that was great – what a cute lil monkey you have there!