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Life Moves Faster Than My Blogging...

Do you ever have a hard time jump-starting your blogging juices after having not posted for a while (or, as is the case here, posting quite sporadically)? I'm in that place right now. Over the last two and a half months I have been home more than any other time in my career. And yet I have managed to write only 8 blog posts in that time. (If you're not following me on Twitter yet, I would strongly suggest you start there if you REALLY want to stay current with me!) What have I been doing with my time?? Well, in an effort to get caught back up with my readers and back on track, here's an attempt at a brief summary of what's been distracting me from blogging:

• If you don't know this one already you are just as guilty as I am, 'cause I've been posting about this new addition a lot: our son Liam was born on December 4th and he's been a BLAST!
• Erin's parents were here for about two weeks over Christmas to help out with Liam. Thank-you Grandma and Grandpa Robinson!

 

• We started casting Liam's left foot when he was just over 3 weeks old to correct a clubfoot. 5 weeks and 5 casts later things are looking great and he's in his brace now. He looks like a skater!
• 3 days after the first cast was put on Liam contracted RSV which put us in Vanderbilt Children's Hospital with him for 6 days.
• my parents came for 10 days the end of January to meet Liam for the first time and help out around the house (they cooked for us the whole time we were here... come back, mom!!).
• Thanks to the good people at Joffe MediCenter and the great work of Dr. Kenny Smith, I had corrective laser eye surgery the end of January. I am still recovering from the surgery but would do it again in a heartbeat.
• I have started writing my first book (other than this blog post). More to come on that in future posts...

Reflections on "The Big 3-0"

"If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains." (George Bernard Shaw)

First of all, a big thanks to all who wished me a Happy Birthday yesterday - it was indeed the beginning of a new era as I moved from my 20s to the 30s, and I felt very loved an appreciated throughout the day. I can't say that I feel much different today than I did yesterday: I'm still tired from middle-of-the-night feedings, I'm still sore from a gym workout, and - would you believe it! - the sun still rose today (I'm assuming this is the case - it's dreary and overcast here in Nashville today, so I can't actually see the sun...).

I haven't really had much time to stop and reflect on what it means to be 30 (so maybe the title of this post is slightly misleading). And honestly, I don't think it's really going to happen. This wasn't a huge deal for me - life goes on, we get older, we deal with it and enjoy the moments and the people around us. Does my life at 30 look like I thought it would? Heck no! But I'm quite thankful it looks like it does. I have a warm place to call home, a beautiful wife, a new son, and a family that loves me. What more can a man ask for??

Nothing at all... except a nap. Sorry - I'm shutting this down before I REALLY start blabbering and embarrass myself (ask Erin - the number of instances of me talking in my sleep since we've brought Liam home from the hospital has increased dramatically... I'm blaming it on sleep deprivation). If you would have asked me this time last year whether I thought I would be a father before I turned 30, I would have laughed and said, "It's not looking likely, is it?"

Well, fatherhood is here... and it's time to sleep on it.