From the monthly archives:
Due to a surprising turn of events, I am writing this email from my father-in-law’s home in New England. Sunday night at 7:00, I decided to leave on a 16-hour road trip the very next morning. I won’t go into all the details, but I will tell you I am thrilled to be [...]
My husband probably won’t love that I’m sharing this piece of information with you, but sometimes when we are apart for some time, he begins to forget what Jackson and I look like. Our images begin to fade in his mind.
Since he left several weeks ago, I have been making him videos almost daily [...]
Recently I began attending an early childhood parenting class at our church. Each week I find myself wondering, “When should Jackson be (somewhat) accountable for his actions?”
Okay, okay, I’ll give you that he’s only 13 months old. My expectations aren’t really that high, but now that he is walking and moving around, he [...]
Over the past two weeks, my husband and I have been desperately trying to find the perfect name for our baby girl. Her due date isn’t until July, but want pick it soon so we can start calling her by name, not just “the baby”!
As it turns out, my husband and I don’t really [...]
Since Jackson recently made the leap from two naps a day to one (the horror!!), I am reluctantly adapting my own schedule. Sadly, I have found myself sitting around in work out clothes until lunch time recently. (One of my workout “tricks” is to change from pajamas to an exercise outfit first thing [...]
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