I was sent an “artist’s rendering” of Gavin in future years if he lives up to his middle name. As you may or may not know, Mattingly comes from my favorite Yankee’s player when I was a kid…Don Mattingly. I’ve included a picture of Don Mattingly followed by the “artist’s rendering” of Gavin in years to come. Seems he’ll turn out to be one good-looking guy!

Thanks to my friend Amanda for helping me to better visualize my dream…

Apparently one of my “friends” (I use that word loosely here) thought it would be funny to park in such a way that I couldn’t get into my driver’s side door. I had to crawl through from the passenger side. I’ve never been more tempted to key a car in my life.

Well, if you look at the timestamp on this post you’ll see that I’m writing this at 3:29am on Friday morning. I’m getting the sneaking suspicion that God is preparing me for fatherhood. Let me recap my previous nights for you: Wednesday night / Thursday morning: I wake up at 4:30am to find out that my wife has apparently conclusively determined that her body can’t handle jalepenos while she’s pregnant. I stay up with her in between puking sessions and…

Thanks to my friend John, I found an amazing website where you can see what your yearbook picture would look like for any given year. Here is what I’d look like through the decades… Click here to try it yourself and enjoy!