Posts Tagged ‘Family’

About Maximus

I’ve been MIA since last weekend so thanks for your patience. I’m so grateful that you care enough to send tweets and Facebook messages supporting my family and I as we welcomed our new little boy into the world. Sarah gave birth to Maxwell Connor Bednar-Riggs at St. Ann’s Hospital on Monday August 15th at 3:32 PM. He was born at a pretty big 7 Lbs, 15 Oz making him look like he was already a month old. I’m pleased (and relieved) to report that Mom and Max are both healthy and happy, and we’ll be heading home tomorrow afternoon. Finding Choice Being that Jacob was delivered via Cesarian Section, Sarah wanted to have a natural childbirth this time around. Millions and millions of babies had been born this way throughout the years and we have lots of friends who have done everything from natural hospital births to home births. Through a recommendation from some friends, we found a non-profit called Choice that offered natural child birth classes and consultation, and soon came to learn that there was a ton of information we didn’t know. If you might be considering going for a natural birth, find an organization like this and study up. The knowledge is more than worth the time invested when the big day comes. About Doulas Even with classes and information, we still wanted to have some help during the birth experience. There was a lot of information to retain, and in the moment we figured our lack of experience might come back to haunt us. The solution was to hire a Doula to help us as a process coach and offer support through labor. We met Jessica a few weeks before the delivery. She had spent most of her career as a registered nurse, and made the switch to become a Doula while she trained [...]

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A Story for Fathers Day – Ice Cold Milk and Doughnuts

I originally published this post over on Patrick Reyes few months ago. There’s lots of good posts over there about dad stuff. But, I thought the post was pretty appropriate for today and I wanted to have a copy of the memory on my own blog.  Happy Father’s Day… ______________________________________________________________ One of the things I’ve always remembered from when I was a little boy was the exceptional taste of my dad’s special ice cold milk. It was a delicacy only appropriate to consume during the bi-monthly weekend trips to his condo in Columbus. Like a lot of the millennial generation, my parents split when I was still in grade school. My brother and I adjusted and we became used to the routine of every-other-weekend trips down 71 south to see Dad and my stepmom Barb. We always looked forward to those visits — especially to our arrival Friday on night. Ice Cold Milk On Friday nights, we would typically land at my Dad’s condo after two hours of driving. We always stayed up to the late hours of the night (something we weren’t allowed to do at moms) to catch the classic antics of Johnny Carson in the latest live broadcast of the the Tonight Show. At what always seemed to be the first commercial break, dad would turn to my brother and I and in his low and soft voice, utter the words: “Would you boys like to have some ice cold milk?” We’d furiously nod, knowing that one of the moments we’d been waiting for since our van pulled into the condo complex had arrived! Dad rock out of his armchair and lumber across the floor of the condo to small the kitchen with my brother and I in close tow. From the freezer he would retrieve three thick glass beer mugs from where he had stashed them hours before so that they would be completely covered [...]

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