Mr. Locke’s Classroom

I’ll take a brief digression from babyland (though he’s in my arms as I blog–one handed,that is) to ask how Sunset High School managed to get along without me today? Was the substitute at least of the human species? And who won the Academic Decathlon Jeopardy challenge? I’ll post an entry tomorrow on the Steinbeck [...]

It was decidedly a long day today, and everyone is pretty much exhausted around here. We packed up this morning to leave the hospital, but one thing led to another and we didn’t actually leave until sometime just after noon. Grady had to undergo the infamous “snip” early this morning, and was cranky for most [...]

Ok…I realize I run the risk of picture overkill, so I’m going to post these as links: Click on the description below to see the picture on its own page. If you’re sick of baby pictures, find some other blog to read for the next few days! This one has been taken over by babymania… [...]

I believe that aside from providing him food and shelter and love, the most important gift I can give my son is to read to him. It was one of the greatest things my father did for me, and I now have the chance to pass it on to Grady. Here is my promise to [...]

Introducing…Grady!

The very first Locke family portrait:

He was born at 12:11 pm on September 11th, 2004, after a long night and morning of labor (his mom did a great job). He weighs 8.0 pounds. He is 20 inches long. He seems to have his father’s mouth and his mother’s nose. He likes to be held, and is extremely vocal when not [...]