Two years ago, I wrote this and it’s been sitting, unfinished, in my drafts folder – Somewhere in my dreams, I have a place I go to where you’re always small. Of course, this morning, you informed me you’re a…
Farewell 2016
I’ve missed writing. Over the last several months, so many things have happened, but above all what happened was I lost sight of myself. I feel like that’s something I have often said over the years. And maybe it is?…
To my older child
Tonight, I felt like a failure. Specifically, I felt like I failed at being your mom. There was no huge event that occurred to make me feel this way. It came down to life, really, as I look back on…
3 Tips To Survive a Baby Sleep Regression
It’s one of those things you never hear about when you’re gearing up to have your baby – a sleep regression. In fact, I’d never heard the term “regression” until I became a mom. No one talks about it, because…
Fun and Unique Toddler Learning Games
Toddlers are easily bored. If you have one living in your home, you know that fact as deeply as you know your need for coffee as soon as you wake up. You can hear their tiny voices – “I’m bored!…
Finding the Best Morning Routine
I’ve been chasing mornings for years. I can’t ever seem to catch them, though. I always say that I am a morning person trapped inside a night person’s body. I just love the idea of a quiet morning, where you…
Ugly flower bed turned container rock garden
Our first home together was adorable. It was a little ranch, on the outskirts of an urban area, and it was the perfect first home. Gorgeous hardwoods, little touches of character, cozy rooms. The only downside? It had awful landscaping (see…
10 Baby Items that Will Make Life Easier
I first wrote this post when our firstborn was six weeks old, and then I updated it every once in awhile to say how those must-have items stood the test of time. Now that we are parents of two, I’ve…
Make your own portable diaper change station
It’s funny how quickly you can forget just how much stuff a baby needs. They should come with their own tiny suitcases already packed and ready to go (oh wait, I guess that would be a diaper bag…). If you’re…
When you wake up already over the day
I’m jolted awake by it most mornings – a sound, coming over the monitor, that drags me up from my dreams and brings me back to reality. My baby is up, and crying for me. I’ll admit it. There are…
Nighttime Wonderings
Tonight, as I stood in my baby girl’s room and bounced her in the dark, I wondered about you. I wondered if you were bouncing your baby, too. I wondered if your baby, like my baby, didn’t seem to want…
Book Review: The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera
Oh boy, another book review! The Festival of Insignificance was courtesy of TLC Book Tours. I jumped at the chance to review a Kundera novel. I hadn’t read any of his work since college – which, of course, was The Unbearable Lightness…