Since my blog got hijacked for the weekend, I couldn’t post this ’til today. But it’s still mine & it’s still true.

I’ve got a lot of opinions about fatherhood. Professionally, I’ve met a lot of fathers – some good ones, some great ones, some mediocre ones, some bad ones, and often, sadly, a lot of just absent ones.
And personally, as a son with a father and with many friends with many fathers, I’ve formed many opinions about fatherhood. It’s hard not to. And you’ve done it to, so don’t judge me.
I’m sure there have been many days that I’ve thought I had fatherhood figured out.
But on this Father’s day, I’m realizing that the few real lessons I’ve learning about being a father are from one who as of yet has no words to speak, yet who has taught me volumes about being a dad.
She has taught me that fatherhood is (more…)

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I know, for some of you this is the “way - too - late - where - have - all - my - photos - of - Isa - been” edition.

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Loads of Isa at Easter photos in this week’s Fix

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Mami y Papi con Isabel

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No, she isn’t falling asleep on the job; she is supposed to be doing therapy & stretching

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That face that makes all of your March days just plain better.

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That smile you’ve been waiting all month for!

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As you review Isa’s week in photos, would you remember to pray for her today as she visits with her neurologist, Dr. Gowrinathan, to address the seizure activity she’s been showing intermittently the past few months.

Lots of smiles from Isa now that she has most of her first teeth in.

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Don’t worry - it’s not just that you’ve missed Isa from the Foto Fix absence. She has missed you, too.

Isa enjoyed a quiet moment during our trip to Mexico before Christmas

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Sorry for the big lapse in the Fix. Hopefully we’re all back on track after a few weeks of sickness, technical difficulties and parental busyness.

It was her birthday, with gifts galore!!! More birthday photos at the end.

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Unlike your favorite TV shows, the Friday Foto Fix won’t be affected by the upcoming WG strike.

If you haven’t heard Isa’s balloon story…

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Yes, that’s Isabel hiding behind the pompom during her home vision therapy

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Isa isn’t always laughing, but when she is, gosh, she is beautiful

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Isabel, sporting her new hip-hop glove look.
(The gloves/splints are to help open her hands up from being clenched.)

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Needless to say, I’m highly invested in how this kind of issue goes. Whether Tom Freston, former Viacom exec, is a saint or not, I appreciate his stated motivation, as the article quotes it:

“In a statement, he said he contributed reimbursements he received from the city — and will donate future ones — to a special-education support center in a public school. He says he is pursuing the case so other children, “without jumping through hoops,” can attend appropriate schools “regardless of their family’s financial means.“

My snooty answer to the question - especially when asked in light of schools that already fail typically developing students, before we even begin to talk about special needs students - is whenever public schools fail to provide what they’re supposed to with the tax-payer funds they’ve been alloted, then other means should be funded. It’s why I’ve begun to swing towards a pro-choice stance on the models that vouchers and charter schools provide.

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No photos this week because the camera was hidden in Isa’s bag until today. But we captured this video while we were in the waiting room at the neurologists office.

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As we were still in bed waking up this morning, listening over the monitor to Isa coo and yawn in her crib, Vero rolls over and says,

“We should spend a half hour today planning Isa’s wedding.”

I think she meant birthday, which is coming up soon in November.

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It’s been a slow week for fotos. But since beauty never sleeps (sometimes literally) here are a few photos of the princess.

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Since sleeping beauty just went back to sleep a few minutes ago, I figured I’d take advantage of my awakeness to satisfy her early-morning fan base (Yeah, that means you, grampa!)

No this is not a live shot of her sleeping. But my oh my, she is cute.

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Yeah, it’s Friday. I’m just chillin’. Relax with me.
(NOTE: Foto not actually taken on Friday. Chillin’ and relaxing are real.)

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