Our third year in a row of trick or treating is over. It was a smashing success. L.A. Toddler made out like a bandit - she’s got enough candy to last her through the rest of the year.

And the good news — at least a tiny little piece of good news — the baby didn’t […]

When we’re not giving birth to babies, we like to party.
Lucky for us, Kevin Charnas — yes, the Kevin Charnas — was throwing a party. A Halloween party, in fact. At his Haunted Hacienda in Santa Barbara. Since we had invited him to the L.A. Blogger Party back in June, he was kind enough to […]

Late this week, I met up with L.A. Mommy for her OB appointment. I haven’t been able to go to many of them due to work, so she scheduled this one for late in the day. We were a bit apprehensive about this visit. Since her doctor told her last week she was 1 cm […]

I’m back at work on Monday as I’m making a slow recovery from the walking pneumonia. I am still pumping myself full of medication though. Which is nice. Makes the day go a little bit slower.
The problem with a lot of my drugs is they dull the senses. I was riding my motorcycle in to […]

L.A. Toddler was born at St. Joe’s Hospital in Burbank. I think it’s where she gets a lot of her creativity. Well, and from me and her mom, too. I guess. The hospital is wedged between the place where all that manufactured Disney magic comes from and the NBC studios where they make all those […]

The wonderful company I work for threw a baby party for us last week. One of my coworkers is having his first baby so we had a celebration. We got lunch (sushi!), a wonderful gift basket, and a certificate to Babies “R” Us. This past Sunday, we made the trip out to buy a lot […]

Some updates from the L.A. Family front:

I’m still sick. Went to the doctor (finally) today about my persistent cough and overall general near-death feelings. It turns out I’ve got walking pneumonia. Which, I think, it’s a way of saying that you’re sick but you’re too stupid to know it.
Some good news - my Cleveland Indians […]

Only a few more weeks before L.A. Toddler has a baby sister.
I think we timed things just right. As sisters, they won’t be so close in age that they could be too jealous of each other. They’re not too far apart that there will be too big of a gap and they end up not […]

We’re sick. The whole family. Some nasty little sinus cold and allergy thing. Toss in some pink eye for good measure… and we’re a real happy bunch.
I’ve been living on the Benadryl since last week. I somehow managed to go out and direct a new short film on Saturday. But, for the most part, we’ve […]

Do you ever sometimes wish you could change? I mean really change? People talk about changing but they mostly try to make a new behavior become a habit. I think most people are “set in stone” at a young age and what you see is what you get. Which is why, when you’re raising kids, […]