Father knows best, BUT where is that instruction manual?

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Dads, by nature, don’t like to take a lot of advice. Whether it’s driving directions, cooking or their haircut, they don’t really want to hear anybody's opinion on when to turn left or how...

Baby Daddy Spotlight On Brandon

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What was your initial reaction when you find out you were going to be a daddy (the first time, Ashlee)?   I had a lot of different emotions, fear and surprise mostly. Since it was...

Baby Daddy Spotlight on Wesley

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What was your initial reaction when you find out you were going to be a daddy? Scared $hitless- but extremely excited & vulnerable all at the same time. The initial reaction fueled me to...

Baby Daddy Spotlight on Matt

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What was your initial reaction when you find our you were going to be a daddy? A little bit of shock. It wasn't anything we had discussed and we weren't planning to have a baby...

Weekly Recap: January 30 through February 4

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Good morning, AMB mommies (and daddies), I hope you all are doing well.  We had another great week in the AMB world.  Special Happy Birthday shout out to Wesley Mack (Allison's hubby and baby...

If You’re Child is Born Around a Certain Time of the Year, Will He/She...

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I was flipping through one of my favorite books last week and came across a topic that I thought would be interesting for the Austin Mom Blog community.   The book is Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell....

New Years Eve Resolutions: Husband and Wife

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2011 year was a beautiful and challenging year for the Barry Family.  Beautiful: Watching our daughter, Caroline, blossom into an intelligent and spuky toddler.  Exchanging vows and becoming husband and wife. Challenging: Relocating our...

Chronicles of a Baby Daddy: “Dad, Where Are You Going To Go When You...

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A few nights ago as I was leaving my boy’s bed room our son Micah lifted his little four-year-old head up off of the pillow and quietly asked, “Dad, where are you going to...

Chronicles of a Baby Daddy: Wesley Mack vs Penn State

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vs It’s actually pretty rigid to write/blog about something like this- as a ‘normal’ person my mind just doesn’t begin to think like Jerry Sandusky and for that matter the poor executive leadership at Penn...

Daddy Dilemma: Baseball or Ballet

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Now that Caroline is walking and talking, it’s time to start thinking about what extra curricular activities she is going to participate in as she gets older. This discussion has created a certain parenting...