What will you do with the bazillion pounds of candy your child(ren) will accumulate over Halloween?   Will you let them eat endlessly from their plastic jack-o-lantern throughout the night? Or will you deprive limit…

If you would have told me five months ago I would be nursing my baby in the middle of ballet class, I would have thought you were a crazy person! Five months ago…

There were a lot of names we threw around before deciding on “Adelaide”. As a little girl I was constantly writing down baby names in a journal. It hasn’t stopped since I’ve become…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how far I’ve come as a mother. Most people know about my battle with Post-partum depression, and how horrendous it was. It may get deep here…

I’ve been fairly shy my entire life. The whole “putting myself out there thing” has always caused me quite a bit of anxiety. I used to get butterflies in my stomach whenever my dad would have me call…

 This is an oldie, but goodie. I have several friends who could currently use some prayers and encouragement. I want to share this with them, and you. It’s one of my favorites–from May…

It’s only been two months, but it seems like Adelaide has always been in our family. People have asked me how I could love someone as much as Emmalyn. My answer to that…

– I joined a Book Club. So far I’ve read The Fault in Our Stars and The Glass Castle. It’s nice to be involved in something that requires intellectual thought instead of nursery…

Adelaide at 6 days old  + Adelaide crying for over an hour + New nursing mommy who doesn’t know what the hell she’s doing + Emmalyn with a fever + Adelaide peeing on Hubby’s…

Alarm goes off. Hit szooze. Alarm goes off again. Wake up. Chug down a Boost shake and water. Wake up Adelaide with a diaper change. Sit down in bed to nurse.  Curl my…