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August 2026 marks two big personal anniversaries: 25 years in Durham and 10 years in this house. Who would’ve thought? Certainly not Duke freshman Dave. Couldn’t be happier to be right here right now, though I might have made some different decisions had I known I’d be raising two small children in these increasingly cramped quarters. But that’s not how things work, is it?…
Nico turned two in June. What the hell! Where’s my baby boy, and who’s this sassy little dude running around my house. We threw him a farm-themed birthday (my man loves cows), then took the kids up to see their cousins in Richmond. The next weekend, we went camping with Claire’s family at Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area . This was awesome – bit of a haul for sure, and the…
April bled straight into May, so it felt like a three-week month and flew right by. We celebrated Claire’s birthday and spent Memorial Day weekend at Lake Norman. Then summer kicked in – ran the Running of the Bulls 8K with the kids and a friend of mine, and went to our local pool for the first time this year. Claire’s bike got stolen – someone just walked off with it while…
Man, what a month. Rich with the stuff of life. THICK. High highs (Nev’s first ballet recital, an incredible trip to Asheville), low lows (the death of our next door neighbor Joel, a major health scare – don’t worry, everyone’s alright). Impossible to capture the feeling of it as I sit here, and frankly it feels silly to document all the dumb stuff I get into alongside the…
Finally warming up around here (though we did get hit by the largest 24-hour temperature drop in recorded history while we were up visiting my folks). We took the kids to a Holi celebration, which was a huge mess and a ton of fun. The colors don’t come through here but I think the joy does. Then we drove up to DC, left the kids with my folks, and took the train to Baltimore to catch my…
February was quick but full. We had a few things hit all at the same time – some good friends visiting from Canada, our company hackathon, and an extended visit from my family. It was hectic but we made it all work, and the month went by in a flash. New Car As mentioned last month , our faithful Honda CR-V gave up the ghost in January, and we bought a new (to us) Toyota Rav4 Prime in early…
Greetings from frigid Durham, North Carolina. We’ve had an uncharacteristic amount of winter precipitation this month (mostly ice last weekend but a few inches of snow this one). On the one hand, our work is pretty flexible and we’ve gotten plenty of extra time with the kids. On the other, my home office and all my hobbies are in the basement, where it’s presently around 40°F, so…
Happy new year! Big month. My girl turned four, which is somehow both shockingly old and young. Sometimes I look at her and think, I can’t believe you’re not still two. Other times she says things and I think, I can’t believe you’re not, like, twelve. We threw her a party at Hyper Kidz , then my folks took her to Asheville for a few days. We spent Christmas in Greensboro…
We took a quick trip down to Lake Norman to visit Claire’s grandmother, but the big travel in November was up to New York for Thanksgiving. We did a long weekend in NYC then spent a week at my sister’s house. The kids loved the big city (especially the Statue of Liberty cruise , Bluey’s House , and this giant indoor playground ). I just loved soaking up the city – we were…
I fear the days of Big Baby Nico are coming to a close. My man’s walking, talking, making his desires known. It was a good run, 17 months almost. It felt like Nev sort of skipped this phase, so this was a novel experience, and Tiny Toddler Nico is awesome. The best is when we’re putting on a fresh diaper and he looks down, waves, and says, “bye bye my penis.” Microcosm…