First, my amazing, smart, beautiful and talented wife Rose (she raises the bar for me every day!) became pregnant last summer. She is due to bring our daughter into this world in March 2014. I couldn't be happier! The second piece of exciting news is that I will be making a major career transition in 2014. After nearly 7 years as an Active Duty Naval Officer, I have decided to go into the Navy Reserve and head back to school. In December 2013 I was accepted into the University of San Diego School of Business Administration. I will start working on my MBA in Fall 2014.
With a new baby and school to attend, my life roles will change drastically. After a great deal of discussion, Rose and I decided that the best move for our family is for me to attend school in the evenings and become a stay at home dad during the day. This is where the fun begins! I am about to begin a new adventure, one that I couldn't imagine just a few years ago when I was on the bridge of a destroyer headed west into the sunset.
I hope to openly share with you the ups and downs of being a stay at home dad. I will take you through the entire transition and beyond: bringing our baby into the world, those critical first months with my wife at home, the time of transition between careers and into the years of unknown challenges. Maybe no one will read this, maybe it will be popular, but at a minimum it will serve as a record of the time I spend with my girl. What else could be more important?
Hopefully my little one won't be embarassed when she reads this later… On second thought, isn't that one of the perks of being a parent?
My creative wife had a great idea for the announcement!
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