What role can we/ should we play in our family's nutrition?
This question has come to the forefront of my mind with the addition of a baby to our family. After a severe bout with hypoglycemia in my mid-20s, I became […]
Two funny but unfortunate things
# 1 So my sister called me on Wednesday morning and this is what I hear when I say hello, “So I drop the kids off at pre-school and then make […]
An athlete, a gardener, a crawler
My brother was my first soccer coach. He was a senior in high school. I was in third grade. It drove him nuts that I was on his team, and so I […]
Houston, we have a crawler.
Which means 2 things: 1. I now have to take a chaperone with me, the littlest one, when I run to the bathroom. 2. There’s a milestone contest winner! Congrats […]
Where did you get your baby?
Yep. Someone asked me that promptly after our being introduced. The question didn’t offend me in the moment, but it really did startle me as folks aren’t usually that forward […]
Almost 9 months old
Baby’s 9 month old mark is early next week so here are nine interesting little tid-bits about the kid. 1. He knows how to throw. This is very fun when […]
Observations from Parenting
If you kiss your baby after applying oragel to his gums, your mouth will go numb (since our baby likes to open his mouth in a big O when he […]
Getting things done
This is off tangent from Beautiful You Monday as I just haven’t had a moment to formulate a Beautiful You thought! We spent our Mother’s Day mostly in the yard. We […]
The sensations of motherhood
I lead a journaling workshop on Wednesday mornings. One of the prompts this week was to compile 5 lists of 5: 5 things you love to see, 5 things you love to […]
Milestones Contest #1
So, it’s time for a contest around these parts. And it’s going to be a sweet baby A related contest. We’re approaching a couple milestones (we think, hope, worry): crawling […]
