On May 9th, I gave birth to our third daughter, Adelaide, while running on just an hour of sleep, following a 10 hour work day into the wee hours of the morning. Adelaide was born at noon; I rested, ate food, worked to get our breastfeedin[...]
Tuesday has become one of my favorite days of the week. We get up, I pack lunches for not one but two little girls, then I drop them both off at their respective schools and return to a quiet house where I have six blissful hours wit[...]
Days are speeding by and we are nearly at Zara's half birthday, which means the littlest member of our family is almost 18 month old. Instead of buying her just any old book for her half birthday present, I decided to put make a photo book[...]
There's been a lot of perfection lately. Monday we had fun discovering a new park after an awesomely killer stroller strides class. There was gorgeous summer weather, friends, and a fossil-filled wall perfect for climbing.[...]
My sleep schedule is all sorts of messed up and I've been living off peanut-studded brownies with peanut butter frosting, but the last few days I have felt so incredibly happy. Here's a little bit of the random happiness I've been feeling[...]
In my 28 years, I have moved nearly 20 times. I lived in nine different houses in three different states before graduating from high school. Once I went to college, I did the traditional move every year, and in the six years Chris a[...]
I mentioned awhile ago that I received a $500 grant to start our La Leche League library. I had a lot of fun thinking about the books I would recommend to local moms and what was helpful to me the first or second time around. Of cou[...]
There are moments as a parent when I just don't know how to breathe. Sweet moments when the breathlessness accompanies deep rivers of love, like when I melt at the perfect baby girl nursing in my arms. When her dark gray eyes lock into[...]