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Building Camelot is a place to learn how to be a better father and husband. I hope to inspire men to love their wives and children and also give some advice and tips on how to do so.
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10 Signs Your Daughter Will Be A Bigger Computer Geek Than You
Our oldest daughter just turned three back in October (2008) and she’s already a computer geek. In the picture above she’s playing a computer game and using the mouse very well to navigate around the game. It’s amazing to watch her ...
“Daddy, What Are You Blogging For?”
The question of the day I never thought my 3 year old daughter would have adopted the ask-why-5-times strategy made famous by Toyota at such a young age and use it to drive her mother and father crazy. What’s the ask why 5 times strategy? Acc...
How Important Are Your Actions? Watch This And See
Have you ever stopped and thought about the power your actions have over your children? Children watch their parents like hawks and can pick up on even the smallest little things that you do as a parent. The old saying: “Do as I say, not as I d...
Can’t A Man Just Sit Around And Watch Some Football?
This past weekend was filled with birthday cakes, kids eating too many Cheetos, epic meltdowns and not enough football watching. That’s right – kids birthday parties own college and NFL football when your 3 year old has more of a social calendar ...
Happy Birthday Olivia! Has It Already Been 3 Years?
My oldest daughter celebrated her 3rd birthday this past Sunday and although I’m a couple of days late, I wanted to take a post and wish her a happy birthday. Dear Olivia : I can’t believe that three years have passed since your mom and I we...
More Pink Paint And Some Great Nursery Ideas
Since my last painting project things around the house have been a little busy. We welcomed our latest addition into the world two months ago and before that I was busy trying to get her room ready before the big day. I wanted to share with you a gre...
Say Hi To Our New Addition, Madelyn Cate
She’s here! She’s finally here…safe and sound. She was born on Saturday July 19th at 10:53 pm. She weighed in at 6 pounds 9 ounces and was/is 18 1/2 inches long. She and Olivia weighed the exact same at birth. But, as you can see, M...
Seeing The Everyday Magazine: A Father’s Review
When I was younger and my parents were still married, my old man would spend a lot of time out in the garage tinkering with everything from the cars to one of his many wood working tools. I would always love spending time out there with him…ho...
If Only Everything Came In “Princess”
Ahh….the joys of having a daughter. She has a very simplistic view of the world…things are either “princess” or “not princess”. It’s pretty simple really…when we walk into Target she only recognizes thi...
Earn Some Daddy Points With Amazon and YouTube
Since my daughter is 2 1/2 she’s into and curious about everything. One thing she’s particularly interested in is my laptop. She’s been fascinated with computers for quite a while. There has been a computer in her last two rooms at...
Pregnancy Week 26: No Wonder My Wife Is So Tired
The wife and I have entered into the third trimester of Madeleine’s pregnancy and it’s all downhill from here! In my last update I gave my readers a little background on how my wife and I got to where we are today. If you’re just no...
Guess What We Saw At The Dallas Aquarium
I took the family to Dallas last weekend to visit my sister (Aunt Kristin) and brother-in-law (Uncle Po Po…yes, he is a Police Officer). We wanted to make at least one more trip before little Madeleine gets here and before Mandy doesn’t ...
King Arthur + Nausea = Very Little Sleep
I could have used about 4 more hours of sleep this morning. Saturday night was rough and I’m suffering from the lack of sleep today. The last movie I received from Netflix was King Arthur. I wanted to watch it because it might give me some ide...
Pregnancy Week 23: How Did We Get Here?
Not a whole lot has happened this week so I thought I’d take some time to give you all a little background on the family and how we got here. The wife and I were married in October of 2001. We started trying to get pregnant late 2003 and Olivi...
Pregnancy Week 22: My Wife Won The Battle
On the advice of Soapbox Mom, Mitch McDad and James Austin, I have decided to side with the wife and go with Madeleine. I had my heart set on Madelyn, but I sided with the wife for a few reasons. The main reason? I didn’t want both my wife an...
My 5 Biggest Fears Being A Dad
My day-to-day activities don’t revolve around fear, but I am aware of the fragile nature of life. I maintain a healthy respect for life and all the dangers that lurk around us everyday. Now that I am a father, my responsibilities have changed ...
Pregnancy Week 21: I Can Feel The Baby Move
It’s all downhill from here. We’re past the halfway point and things are moving right along. My wife looks a beautiful as ever and I think we have settled on a name. Madeline was our first if-we-have-another-girl name and I’m prett...
Pregnancy Weeks 19 And 20: Time To Pick A Name!
I was a slacker last week and didn’t do my weekly update about my wife’s pregnancy. This week I’m just going to lump both weeks together. Last time I wrote about the pregnancy, at week 18, I told you all that we are expecting anoth...
Pregnancy Week 18: Is It A Boy Or A Girl?
My wife and I had our 18 week O.B. appointment this morning. Neither one of us is very patient so we had to find out the sex of the baby. We found out with Olivia so we had to find out for this one. Drum roll please……… IT’S A...
Guess What We Saw At The Zoo
It was a beautiful day yesterday here in Memphis so we packed up the kid and headed to the zoo. Of all the cool things we saw at the zoo, what does my daughter remember? Poopie!…That’s right, poopie We covered most of the zoo and saw all...
Dad’s, Has This Ever Happened To You?
My daughter is going through a phase [at least I hope it’s a phase] where she wants “mommy” to do everything. She’s been in a mommy-mood for the last 3 or 4 months and I need some help! I can’t help put on shoes… I...
Have You Decided To Be A Real Man?
Photo courtesy: Daily Mail We can blog all we want about being a real man. We can try to love our wives and children all we want. But what will happen to us when we have to step up and be a real man? When the rubber meets the road, will you be a man...
