• gay dads,  Relationships

    Saddle Up, Missy!

    Last night, Greg and I had an incredible dinner at the White Barn Inn in Kennebunk. We had been wanting to try it for ages and finally had the chance. (Thanks Mom and Dad for minding Elly!) While waiting for our table, we decided to have a drink at the bar.  As luck would have it, the only two open seats were at the piano. So we (quite stereotypically) sat there. In a matter of no time, the pianist began to play “Over the Rainbow”.  All we needed was a tv showing the Smucker’s Ice Skating Competition, Liza Minelli and a local field hockey team and we would have had…

  • adoption,  gay dads,  Open Adoption,  Parenting

    The Road to Fatherhood – Part 1 – A Visit to the Lesbian Lair

    The road to fatherhood is like a roller coaster – exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.  I imagine that this sentiment is shared by all men regardless of how they get there.  Because our experience is through Domestic Private Infant Adoption, I will speak of it through that lens.  Since this is a fairly in-depth process, I am writing about it in multiple parts.  Even so, I will still be only scratching the surface… The first step in the long road becoming a dad through adoption is being certified by the state in which you live as having the physical, mental, emotional and financial capacities to parent.  This is…