I feel like the first thing babies see is the back of their mother’s iPhone case. I take a lot of pictures of my kids with my phone. It’s always with me, it’s quick, it’s easy and takes less than a second to share it with all my friends on… Continue reading »
I’m a planner by nature. I don’t tend to actually follow through with the plans but I like to make them. I didn’t write a “birth plan” I just wanted to listen to my body, but you could say I had some ideas for postpartum. I imagined myself at home…. Continue reading »
Please note: This article contains affiliate links for some supplies to make the mobile. If you can’t buy local, please consider purchasing through my affiliate link. I’m working in a world theme into the nursery, and after realizing that I was lacking an Eastern influence I thought a paper crane… Continue reading »
As it becomes more and more obvious that my due date is somewhat imminent, I have been asked several times where I am going to deliver. It always takes me a moment to decide whether or not I am going to tell the truth, because it’s fodder for The Mommy… Continue reading »
I had a completely different piece in mind to mark my 30th week of pregnancy. But something else popped up and I’m going to have to address it. I helped someone today that said this to me “how come other people look cute pregnant and me… and you… just look… Continue reading »
The Supermom moments. I’ve had those. The days where I’ve gotten 5 things done before work, the kids sent off to 2 different schools on time, tackled tasks at work, made great sales at work and established relationships with clients, came home to a gorgeous husband who has cooked dinner… Continue reading »
Hudson is mildly obsessed with pieces of art from the show Little Einsteins (could be worse, eh?) Occasionally, when we have the time we look them up online. Here’s Hudson’s Art of the Day The Unicorn of Captivity (yup, we Googled those too) is a part of seven hangings dated… Continue reading »
It is now perfectly obvious that I’m pregnant. It’s no mistake, you can’t miss it. A lot of people ask me if this is my first, and when I reply that it’s my third it eventually comes out: I’m having another boy. Three boys?! Yes. Three boys. And you know… Continue reading »
The MotherBlog is back! And growing! (So am I, but I’ll get to that later) let’s just say I’m working on some new things for The MotherBlog. For those of you who don’t like change here are a few things you can expect: The same thoughts on parenthood, life, house… Continue reading »
It’s nearly impossible not to sound like a cliche when you talk about when your first child was born. So I’m going to start this by saying that I’m not even going to try to avoid the cliches. Take a moment. Prepare yourself. I was 23 when 9lb, 21in Max… Continue reading »