America the Beautiful 9 Jul 2012 | 10:37 am

The 4th of July was great! We celebrated it in standard fashion with friends, BBQ and fireworks in Manhattan. This year, Avery loved the boom-booms .... BBQ on our stoop with the Hansens ... but too ...

Lady Liberty 30 Jun 2012 | 10:42 pm

I don't remember when it started ... maybe when we moved to Brooklyn and the Statue of Liberty became visible from a few blocks away, but Avery has an obsession with Lady Liberty. Whenever we are driv...

Happy Birthday Ryder! 24 Jun 2012 | 07:26 am

In order to fully initiate Ryder into our family (and ease Avery into this new living situation), we decided to have a birthday party where some of the gifts are for both of the kids .... and some of ...

Welcome to the World Ryder!!! 19 Jun 2012 | 03:40 am

We had been waiting for this day for a long time - and now our baby boy is with us! Ryder Jay Meldrum was born on Saturday June 16th at 7:19am. He was 8lbs 7oz and 19 1/2inches long. He came faster t...

A Dad and His Daughter 15 Jun 2012 | 10:35 am

Up to last month, the longest time that I have spent along with my child was probably close to 23 hours straight. In May, I destroyed that record with a 5 day 2 hour and 15 min trip with just me and t...

Panda Bear, Panda Bear ... 2 Mar 2012 | 06:32 pm

Here is a fun video of Avery reading .... well, actually she just loves this book so much - she knows it by heart :)

Family Pics 20 Feb 2012 | 10:14 am

As part of the Meldrum family reunion and also as a gift from my parents, we were able to get some family pictures in Texas in December. Both of our little family .... and our big family. We really...

Holiday Travels 5 Feb 2012 | 10:49 am

A couple choice pictures from our Holiday Travels and the end of 2011: Our family in front of Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree with Santa Oklahoma Christmas Tree Meldrum Family Sing Along Seeing...

.... and one more thing to be thankful for :) 28 Nov 2011 | 09:58 am

Turkey, Balloons and Muppets ..... 27 Nov 2011 | 04:37 am

We had a great couple days of Thanksgiving celebrations ... We started out by getting a sneak peek of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade balloons on Wednesday night near the Natural History Museum in the...