Preparing For Round Two
Second baby coming? How to simplify and improve your preparations for caring for yourself and your baby!
Tag: Lessons Learned
5 Things We All Need When We Just. Can’t. Even.
When the baby is screaming, and the toddler has knocked over the dog’s water for upteenth time today, and it’s 5:30 and dinner isn’t made, and you haven’t showered, and your husband walks through the door, all you want to do is toss the baby (ever so gently but urgently) in his arms and run.… Continue reading 5 Things We All Need When We Just. Can’t. Even.
Where’d Mommy Go?
When I got pregnant with my son less than four years ago, I had no idea the changes I was about to face. My body, my mind, my heart, my emotions, my sanity, my personality, my happiness, my stability: it all shifted, some for better and some for worse. The fast pace of the past… Continue reading Where’d Mommy Go?
“My What Is Going To WHAT?!” Things No One Told You About Pregnancy
Ah, pregnancy. Such a magical time of life. Life, real life, is growing inside you! From seamonkey to tiny fetus to big fat fetus that kicks you in the bladder twelve times a day, you’ll love that little bugger from the day you hear that swishswishswishswishswish of their heartbeat and see their little bean body… Continue reading “My What Is Going To WHAT?!” Things No One Told You About Pregnancy
Capturing Childhood & Beyond: Taking Better Photos
Photography is all about light: how much you have, where you have it, what kind of light it is, and what the light does to your subject. If you aren’t paying attention to light, you’re not paying attention to the possibilities for quality. If you don’t know how your camera uses light to capture an… Continue reading Capturing Childhood & Beyond: Taking Better Photos
Mommy Skills: Organizing Chaos
Today, we’re tackling that nightmarish space where all good toys go to die: the playroom. When I was little, we had a playroom filled with all of the toys mom didn’t want cluttering up the house and endangering the lives of all who dared to walk in bare feet. Mom liked that she could just… Continue reading Mommy Skills: Organizing Chaos
Twas The Night We All Slept: How to Give Your Child Healthier Sleep
Twas the night we all slept, and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse The box fan was running ‘hind the old rocking chair It was darker than dark in our small child’s lair The toddler was snuggled all warm in his bed With a paci and blankies laid… Continue reading Twas The Night We All Slept: How to Give Your Child Healthier Sleep
Tuesday Treasures: Security
When my husband and I first moved into a little two bedroom rental home together, it was bliss. We were about to get married; the school year was over; and I was spending the remaining months before our wedding finishing up last minute plans and working at a snow cone stand nearby. Life was good.… Continue reading Tuesday Treasures: Security
Mom’s Favorite Things
I know when my child starts to feel frustrated and grits his teeth and says, “I’M ANGRYYY!” the first thing I do is sing Daniel Tiger to him. “When you feel so mad that you wanna ROAR, take a deep breath and count to four. 1, 2, 3, 4.” (You know you sang along…and if… Continue reading Mom’s Favorite Things
Tuesday Treasures: Wealth
We see things all the time calling for “the reason for the season” and “Savior not Santa” yet I feel like most of us don’t put in the extra effort to act like a Christ follower during the holidays much outside of dropping change in the Salvation Army buckets. I know I didn’t. It’s such… Continue reading Tuesday Treasures: Wealth
Mommy Sincerest 