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elimccann.bsky.social
New dad. Lawyer/Writer/America’s Grandma. Humor columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune. Creator of the Strangerville podcast. Humor essays here: https://itjustgetsstranger.com
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I'm a star

Pushed my niece out of the picture and blew out the candles on both cakes.

Tonight we were watching my baby and my mom told me "I remember when your little legs were running across the room for the first time." Her face lit up and she seemed to be transported to another time. Now that I'm a dad of a little baby this stuff hits a lot harder.

My niece and I share a birthday. She's turning 22 tomorrow and every year I try to ask her to take a backseat.

Duncan is now passing around a signup sheet for you to schedule your snuggle times with him.

Duncan now insists on sleeping in the nursery to be by the baby and Louie has decided going forward to sleep on the couch and I don't know how to process this abandonment.

My current situation is my husband has now gotten our child addicted to watermelon popsicles.

You're never going to believe who just snuggled with me all night.

My quick story today about introducing my weird kid to food. www.itjustgetsstranger.com/extra-pickles/

My quick story today about introducing my weird kid to food. www.itjustgetsstranger.com/extra-pickles/

Walked into the living room this morning to find that Duncan has gathered all of his toys for a meeting.

The power is out at my house tonight so please tell me something, anything, funny so I don't have to live the terror of existing with my own thoughts.

My husband's sister texted us a video of a downpour they are experiencing in Portland Oregon and my mother-in-law does not care for my husband's Mormon phrases.

I jumped on a trampoline tonight with my nieces and I am a 40-year-old man and I have some regrets.

Since Mother's Day is a holiday where men are declared heroes for doing less than the bare minimum, I'm rebooting this hilarious @elimccann.bsky.social essay. Enjoy! 💀 www.itjustgetsstranger.com/the-award-a-...

I'm teaching a free knitting class tomorrow morning at 11 AM in Salt Lake City at my favorite knitting store. This is last minute, but if you are looking for a fun vibe, a way to connect with community, and a potential new hobby, please sign up and come. knittinghive.com/products/beg...

POV I'm eating cheese.

I've had a hole in my wall for nine years that I have been trying to figure out how to get fixed and tonight a friend of mine who is handy came over and got it completely resolved in less than four minutes.

Throwback to the time I spent an eternity to knit Skylar a new sweater: www.itjustgetsstranger.com/a-new-sweater/

Flowers from the yard just absolutely showing off again.

You're not going to believe who just found his ball that we have been looking for for three weeks.

Duncan is trying so hard to teach West fetch.

You're not going to believe who I just found snuggling together on my couch.

Happy Sunday.

“…it suddenly occurred to me I had no idea what this letter was supposed to say. I asked for help, but he confessed he also didn’t know. It was then that this poor bishop began Googling anti-Mormon websites for instructions on how to resign from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

My new column for @sltrib.com on my surreal experience of leaving the church. www.sltrib.com/religion/202...

Shout out to my baby who fully vomited into my ear and then giggled at 6:30 this morning.

You're not going to believe who just protected us from the package delivery person and still had time for snuggles.

Mom's post about my hippie parents' 49th anniversary.

Doggy prison.

Throwback to the time my husband made me go to the Grand Canyon in the dead of winter. www.itjustgetsstranger.com/the-grand-ca...

My husband just took the dogs for a walk and when he returned he said, so sincerely, "that was really nice. I got to go with them around the park and practice my whistling. I haven't really done that since college."

He's waiting for the baby to drop the mango piece.

Found the two cutest people on the planet just chilling on my couch.

I guess my husband doesn't care how my day is going.

Rocking the baby and having my morning coffee. My favorite time of the day.

My quick story today about how my husband recently manipulated me into going to CVS for a photoshoot. www.itjustgetsstranger.com/passports/

My quick story today about how my husband recently manipulated me into going to CVS for a photoshoot. www.itjustgetsstranger.com/passports/

Today on texts with my husband:

Every morning I go to the baby's crib to check on him and I find this sweet boy sitting next to it keeping watch and telling me with his eyes not to disturb the sleep. My first baby is taking care of my new baby.

I planted two tiny lilac bushes 10 years ago. They are now 16 feet tall and have produced hundreds of flowers and my entire house and yard smells like lilac right now.

Story book time wore us out.

I planted these kwanzan trees 10 years ago when I first bought my house and they have exploded this spring and it's unreasonable how much they make me so happy and proud.