Five Months

Hello Everyone!

Well it has been quite some time between my first and second posts but I am happy to announce the birth of my son "Baby H". He was born August 30th, 2014 at high noon. It has been an interesting first five months, very trying on the sleep but all worth it. 

Baby H is doing very well and seems to be a healthily large baby boy. I am hopeful that he has his grandpa's height (6'2") with his daddy's stockiness when he gets a little older (would be very good athlete material!). 

I have started doing minimal research into some of the ice hockey programs here in central Texas and found a good ice rink (Chaparral Ice) that isn't extremely far from our town, so this is a good thing. They have learn to skate programs for children as young as 3 years old, but I plan on taking him to public skates and slowly introducing him to the ice between 2 and 2 years 6 months of age. Hopefully with some effort from Mama H and I, we can have him already skating in that year or so and get him directly into the learn to play format. If he takes to the game and shows promise, I hope to get him on a travel team such as the Texas Junior Stars or Pond Mallards.

Anyhow, that is the only update I have for now, be it an important one to the future of this blog! Be back with another update further down the road. Until then, Cheers from the Texas Hockey Dad, and Baby H!

First Post!

Hello!

I am making my first official post of the journey I hope to take with my wife and our first child. We are currently 22 weeks along in the pregnancy and are looking forward to welcoming our first child into the world. Of course I have my hopes, wishes, and dreams. Boy, or girl, I am looking forward to being a hockey dad.

A little bit about myself. I am 30 years old and I grew up in San Diego, CA. Our family never really had much money, but I took to hockey around the 6th grade. I played street, and organized roller hockey for the majority of my early teens and to this day am still a big hockey fan, I really wanted to play ice hockey but being from a single parent household I never got that opportunity because it was to expensive.

I have been dreaming of the day I could provide my child with the opportunity that I never had, and that is to be involved in organized ice hockey. Of course, I won't be the type to force my child into this, but I will introduce him or her to it at an early age. I hope he or she loves it as much as I did and is grateful for the opportunity to play!

So I guess that is a good place to begin. Here is a picture of baby @ 22 weeks. Looking forward to documenting our journey here!

- Txhockeydad