It's now the third day of Christmas, and we've finally put all the ornaments up on the tree. This isn't a great picture, but I have to say that the dollar store ornaments don't look half bad. Tomorrow we'll add the pièce de résistance: a golden...

Dempsey's first Christmas is coming soon! We've told him how Santa Claus brings presents to good little boys, and Dempsey is very excited. Evidently, he thinks he's been a good little boy, evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. We asked him what...

As we've mentioned, our theme song for Dempsey is "Mama Tried." Dempsey says his theme song for us is Paul McCartney's "Distractions": The postman's at the door, While the telephone rings on the kitchen wall. Pretend we're not at home and they'll...

After spending most of October getting Dempsey ready for Halloween, the big day has come and gone. We spent a lot of time on field trips going through the Halloween aisles at drug stores, putting on masks, playing the sample CDs of screams, and...

Dempsey hasn't had very many adventures lately, because we've been working on the "relaxation protocol." It sounds like an uptight scientist's definition of "vacation," but actually the "relaxation protocol" is a trainer geek's 12-step program for...