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[...]
In some parts of the country, school has already started. In less than four weeks, Nora will be headed off to preschool two mornings per week and I'll be truly committed to homeschool preschool three more mornings. In three weeks and[...]
Not long ago, I asked for some advice about Nora's shyness and if it was normal for a child her age or excessive. I got a ton of comments, Facebook messages and emails, and I really appreciated all of them so much. I think one of th[...]
I've mentioned here and there that Nora is a shy and relatively slow to approach person, but I haven't spent a huge amount of time talking about it aside from the post about feeling bad for not standing up for her. Chris and I were hoping[...]
When I was editing the videos for last week's film, I was struck by how much Nora's speech and communication has changed from last year. Now she talks in full sentences, knows more words than I can count, and is understood by pretty much[...]
This week has been full of ups and downs. I was sick, then I was better; Nora was sick, then better, and now, after an hour and a half of sobbing and her not even able to nurse, we're concerned that she may have an ear infection. Today[...]
This evening on Motherlode, KJ Dell'Antonia asked her readers if children ever belong at an adult party. The question was in reference to a situation where one family's babysitter canceled, so they called the host to ask if they could bri[...]