With and For

Officially 9 days past our January 25th due date and we’re still wondering when that guy is going to come. Theresa has been doing more resting, more walking, more eating, more peeing than ever before. We’ve gotten lots of good advice on how to naturally induce labor from spicy foods, pinching your achilles heel, pineapple [...]

Here are some snapshots of our days as of late. There have been many days since we last posted, sorry for those who are checking in. This first picture is of Christmas with my dad (celebrated on the 30th in good Cecka fashion). We wanted to feel this grandson kick and then said something really [...]

We’re entering our seventh month and Theresa is certainly glowing and beautiful. Her coworkers (who are mostly single guys in their 20′s) recently commented on “no offense Theresa, but it’s pretty cool to watch you get bigger ya know?” It is pretty cool. Here are a few recent shots showing off the belly, some time [...]

After 6 weeks of no official work I’m back at it, like an old glove… or apron. I’m working at Dunn Bros Coffee downtown. Hoping this is very temporary but excited and thankful for the work and time spent creating something. I’m enjoying my co-workers and hoping to pick up a few new Minnesota nice [...]

Last week, Tom and I visited some of the beauty that exists in Northern MN. These places fill my childhood memories. Some of my favorite memories as a kid were spent here. It is a treat to create some new ones with Tom. But even places like this can be hard to visit when the [...]

Somewhere in Wisconsin we visited an organic farm for a day of picking, pulling, cutting, washing, preparing vegetables for a feast that Jim (member of the Porch Community and owner of the farm) wanted to host at the gathering that night. It was a grand ‘ole time. A first for us and definitely worth it. [...]

“What is that little thing?” Theresa said, “not the umbilical cord, right?” “No I think it’s his finger, or wait, maybe his leg…” Tom stated inquisitively. “Nope, nope… that is the penis and there’s his little scrotum, I could say that it’s safe to say you’re having a boy!” These words confirmed what our neighbor [...]

Today we celebrate two fun things – my birthday and our friend Rita’s wedding. Woke up this morning to breakfast in bed and a treasure hunt! It was a lot more challenging than I thought but it led to a great surprise gift of concert tickets. One of the best parts of the day however [...]

Working the corn roast once again, Theresa is scheduling those who roast, shuck, dip in butter and hand out thousands of cobs of sweet corn each day. One of Tom’s best friends since kindergarten, James moved to Minneapolis about a month ago and this seemed like as good of an idea as any to “be [...]