About Me

Babble.com's Top 50 Dad Blogs of 2011!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.

Talking With My Son

The first words are a marvelous milestone, especially to first-time parents. Of which I am one. Sure it’s usually something of the “mama” or “dada” variety. And if we’re being honest, let’s cop to the fact that sometimes that first word isn’t really a word. It’s something the kid utters that MIGHT be a word. [...] [...]

March 16th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 5 comments

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 [...] [...]

April 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Like Father…

One of the first rules of being a journalist is you must have a writing utensil on you at all times. Newspaper reporters are constantly fielding phone calls, and therefore taking notes. So anytime you see me, even when I’m “off duty” (as if there’s such a thing), I have a reporter’s notebook in my [...] [...]

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Star Power

I know everyone thinks their kid is the most handsome/wonderful/amazing child on the planet. I know this. And yet I’m telling you, Will is a friggin superstar. Simply put, the kid commands a room. First of all, the #1 comment we hear from people immediately after they meet Will is concerning his hair. Apparently there’s [...] [...]

May 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)