Everything changes when you have a baby. Loss of freedom and lack of sleep aside, your whole way of thinking shifts when you have a baby. Your senses are all heightened and it really is the strangest and most wonderful thing.Aside from the typical … [Continue reading]
In Need Of A Fresh Start
Over the past few days you and I seem to be completely out of synch...we are both cranky and irritable, which doesn't make for a good combination. You are teething and got four immunizations at your four month well-baby appointment last week, we have … [Continue reading]
Family
Family is so important. Growing up, I didn't spend very much time with my extended family. My father's father died before I was born and his mother died when I was seven. On my mother's side, her parents died while I was in college and her brother … [Continue reading]
Happy Anticipation
Life can change so quickly and most of the time without any warning. Wednesday, October 8, 2008 was a life changing day for me. One year ago today, I found out that I was pregnant with you! What an amazing moment in my life. It wasn't as though … [Continue reading]
Children Learn What They Live
I love that the following passage is on a plaque that hung on my bedroom wall growing up and is now hanging in Lucas' room:Children Learn What They LiveDorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.If a child lives … [Continue reading]
Four Months Old
It blows my mind that you are four months old today! Everyone always says, "Enjoy it now, they grow up so fast" and they are right on the money. I want time to stand still. You are so much fun right now and I know things are only going to get better. … [Continue reading]
Help, I’m Shedding!
I have always had a love/hate relationship with my hair. In it's natural state, it is Shirley Temple curly and has a mind of it's own. This is when I hate it. I blow dry and flat iron the crap out of it to make it straight. I hate this process … [Continue reading]
Bibliophilia
I don’t know if it’s because both my parents were educators, because they read to me as a child, or because I loved (and love) hanging out at bookstores and libraries, but my first word was "book". I read to you everyday. Sadly, aside from … [Continue reading]
Parenting From The Heart
Controversial Topic Alert!Even before I had a child, I would think to myself of other parents: "My kids will never do that!" or "Is that father watching that child?" or "Did that mother really just say that?". C'mon, I know I'm not the only one. We … [Continue reading]
Class Is In Session
I'm all about raising a well-rounded and cultured child and in this country that shouldn't be a problem because it seems as though babies can take a variety of classes before they are even walking. Just some of the few that I've seen offered are: … [Continue reading]
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