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Seasons greetings from the Doctor and the Dad

Hope the holidays are all the fun you can handle!

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What our family is thankful for

Thanksgiving is here again! A time for family members everywhere to gather around the table, share a delicious meal together, and reflect on everything they have to be thankful for. The Doctor and the Dad’s family decided to start gettin’ our thanks on a couple days early this year – and we jotted down some notes about […]

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Learning lessons from loss

We’re writing this post today with heavy hearts. A few days ago, the sister of a dear friend of ours from college was in a terrible car accident, which took the lives of her son, daughter and fiancé. To lose a child is an unthinkable tragedy. To lose both of your children, plus the person […]

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The best Pre-Baby Bucket List you’ve ever seen

A funny thing happens when you have a kid. YOU DIE. Credit Well technically, you don’t actually die, but a version of you sure does. It’s that version of you that thinks heading out to the bars at 11:30 pm is a good idea. The you that sleeps until noon every single Saturday. And the […]

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Happy Father’s Day from our kids!

In honor of Father’s Day, our five-year-old daughter and two-and-a-half-year-old son have generously volunteered to write this week’s post so Daddy could have some much needed time off. So take some time off yourself and enjoy the post they typed, the pictures they took, and the wise and wildly entertaining parenting advice they decided to […]

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Does renting a wheelchair at Disneyland just because I’m pregnant make me a wuss?

Today’s Ask the Doctor and the Dad question comes from the Doctor herself! It’s a question she asked herself repeatedly in the days leading up to our big family trip to Disneyland last week, and it went a little something like this: Should I rent a wheelchair at Disneyland because I’m eight months pregnant? Or […]

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How your reaction to Lionel Richie’s “Hello” reveals with 100% accuracy whether or not you have kids

You know those online quizzes that ask you a bunch of questions so that they can guess your hometown, your age or what flavor of pie you should be? Well we decided to make one of our own. Except ours is exactly one question long. Why only one question? Because that’s all it takes to […]