Stop! Don’t Parent That Way
While we truly do believe there isn’t one “right way” to parent, it’s interesting how raising Estelle has flushed out some differences in parenting styles between my husband and I. One of the many...
View ArticleDaddy and Pappa Open Up About Estelle’s Closet
Lately we’ve been getting a lot of questions about Estelle’s luxury items. The questions are split into two camps. One camp wants to know if we will adopt them; the other is questioning our parenting...
View ArticleAll Alone with the Baby, Now What? Fun Activities to Play with Your Baby
Don’t get me wrong. I love babies, but…. …I’m a bit scared of them. It’s true. A child I can play with and interact, but with a baby, I’m lost. You can’t talk to them to see what they’d like to do....
View ArticleGayby Boomers Talk Travel – The Good, The Bad and the Lessons Learned
Well, we’ve made it through another rite of passage into parenting…traveling with a baby. Our long-time readers will recall Estelle flew on the flight home from the hospital with smashing success. This...
View ArticleBaby, Baubles and Blokes -Gayby Boom Blog Goes To Europe
You hear it from other parents, but you never expect it to happen to you. Our little girl turned one year old. Wasn’t it yesterday we sat down to write this blog in eager anticipation of her arrival?...
View ArticleBabies that Go Boo in the Night
Each year, we go all out for Halloween. We add a few more ghouls and zombies to the collection each year so that there’s at least something new. We have kids from all over stop by the house to be...
View ArticleBaby Steps … Baby E walks
One of the most frequently asked questions we get after, “How old is she?” has been “Has she started walking yet?” Since Estelle is tall for her age, she’s been getting that question for months. In...
View ArticleDiscount Surrogacy? No But Gayby Boom Blog Talks Costs and Savings
We recently had dinner with some new friends who are interested in exploring surrogacy as an option to build their family. We meet with people fairly regularly and look at it as “paying it forward,”...
View ArticlePappa Has Mommy’s Wrist
So, for the last few weeks, I have had my wrist in a brace to prevent me from accidentally moving it in a way that causes excruciating pain. I went to my usual doctor, who gave me the brace, with the...
View ArticleChoosing a School Required Lots of Research—and Patience
We’ve had a lot of questions about Estelle’s school since we posted that she began attending. Most of them were asking how we chose her school, so in this post we thought we’d share with our readers...
View ArticleFROM BRAWLER TO CALL ME MAYBE – Not Quite Ready to Have “The Talk”
You hear it all the time, “Kids are growing up faster than they used to.” I don’t think we were quite ready for how true that statement would be. It was a Tuesday afternoon, like any other day, or so...
View ArticleGAYBY BOOM HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT – Gayby Boom Starts the Process for Baby Part...
As our long time readers will know, we’ve taken a long road to parenthood, and it was a bumpy path at that. Despite all the challenges, we’d do it all over again for another Estelle. In fact, that’s...
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Next Step Means More Silly Questions
Our lives have forever been changed thanks to this beautiful woman.
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Pappa Sets An Example And Shows His Backside
"When you think of all of the changes in your life that will occur when you have a child, surgery is probably not on the list. Well it wasn’t on mine."
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Mass Shootings, Stabbings and Other Things That Make This a Scary World to...
These horrific stories chill me to the core. Your child attends school. You don’t expect something like this to happen. I, like many parents, struggle with the many difficult questions arising out of...
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BABY E HAS A BOYFRIEND?! – Dads Faint
"She blushed, tilted her head to the side and shook her head 'yes' with a big toothy smile."
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MAY I HAVE THE AFTERNOON OFF, WE ARE MAKING A BABY – Gayby Boom Set To...
To help Estelle prepare for a sibling we have been playing with a baby doll to whom she has become quite attached.
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With Less Than One Week to Go, Pappa Expresses Fears
"We are now less than a week from transferring one of our embryos into our surrogate and then crossing our fingers that he 'takes.'"
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FLUFFY LIKE A PILLOW-TOP MATTRESS – Transfer Day for the Gayby Boomers
Everyone has been very supportive and sweet about following along on our journey. Naturally, people want to know where we are in the process and how things are going. Today is transfer day. I can...
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FROM HERE TO POTTY – Gayby Boomers Start Another Scary Chapter
What did I do this weekend, you ask? Well, potty seat shopping, of course. Don’t be jealous of my life. It’s true. Estelle has expressed an interest in the potty, both at school and home. While we are...
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