I’m an only child. Sometimes I hate it. Sometimes I love it. But I always knew that when it came time for me to have my own family, it was going to be big. And then, practicality set in. Morning sickness was hard. Post-partum depression was even harder. Preschool tuition is sobering, and let’s not […]
As Ella’s third birthday approached, I actually started to feel myself breathe easier. We’re still not potty trained (not even close) but we seemed to weather the two’s with only minor battle wounds to show for it. On the one hand, a part of me was nostalgic because really, there’s just no way to […]
Thanks to Pinterest, I have a ton of great ideas, none of which are my own. I wish I could claim this next one as my own too, but when I found it via another mommy blog, I knew I had to do it this year with Ella. I’ve come up with twenty questions […]
Jake and I have never been big Valentine’s Day people. We avoid going out to eat- opting to stay home, cook a nice dinner, and open up a good bottle of wine. We usually exchange cards, and occasionally there are flowers for me, and that’s usually it. Very low key. Now, if you know me, […]
My godparents walked in the door around 3:35 at the peak of Milo’s birthday party. Popcorn was scattered on the floor, clusters of kids galloped through with cups of hot chocolate, and a duet of wails pierced through the ambient noise downstairs. Motorized toys whizzed between people’s heels and a group of older elementary-aged kids […]
In about 4 hours, there will be approximately 65 people coming over to celebrate my little guy’s first birthday. So why am I sitting here writing a blog? Um, that’s a good question. I don’t know. It could be that I’m in denial of all that I still have left to do. Or it might […]
2011 was a year of change for our family (I say this like I think that some years should be completely static). But there were some very major life-changes this past year. So let me start with the obvious (and most awesome). Our precious Milo was born on February 9, 2011. (P.S. the transition from […]
I was just telling a friend tonight how it hasn’t totally sunk in yet that I’m the mother of a pre-schooler. She’s certainly not a baby anymore (in the literal sense of the word, because let’s face it, she’ll always be my baby) but sometime in the last 6 months- when I basically blinked- she […]
This picture was taken June 7th 2010. (Yes, I just posted a picture of my pee stick- deal with it). 🙂 I called Jake- who happened to be overseas in London at the time- but when I couldn’t reach him, I texted him a picture of the test, to which he eventually said ” I […]
I’m about half-way into my humongo cup of coffee and feeling somewhat coherent, so I figure now might be a good time to conjure up Milo’s birth story before the sleep deprivation and postpartum memory-suppressing hormones rob me of the remaining details. {I love my french press. Just need to give it a shout-out. Moving […]
The Bug, the Bean {&the Bump} 