Today I asked Casey what he thought about my hopes for the birth of this little one. I wanted to make sure that he was “on board” so that we didn’t find ourselves at the hospital with two different game plans, should I go into labor early. He actually trumped me one, and […]
As I hit 31 weeks of pregnancy, 14 weeks of those in maternity clothes, I have come to a new craving for anything other than Target and Motherhood Maternity. Enter ChulaMama, the super-trendy and hip “all-in-one” maternity and baby store. Let me note from the start that hip and trendy come with a price […]
I will be 31 weeks on Tuesday, and already the crazed-nesting instinct it kicking in. On Friday, my sister came over to help me go through all of Kenny’s out-grown clothes. They were in an mess of bags and boxes, not all quite clean and not in any kind of size order. […]
Kenny sings to himself all the time. It’s usually a Veggie Tales song or a Boz song or something from his Rolly Pollie class. I’m talking “This Little Light of Mine” or “Circle, Triangle, Square” or “The More We Get Together.” Sweet stuff. That changed today. While I was getting […]
Today was one of the glorious days on the Chesapeake Bay when you know that winter has quit for good, and that Spring is really here; our Heron returned for the first time since October! It was the cause of much excitement from all involved: Kenny ran shouting out the back door, “Look! […]
The Bright Side of Disaster,by Katherine Center, published by Ballantine Books, 2008 Opening the cover of The Bright Side of Disaster, by Katherine Center is like answering a phone call from your best friend; you don’t necessarily intend to spend half the night gabbing, but the more you hear, the harder it is to hang […]
Most of the books I reivew on this website are sent to me by publishers and authors; I read them through, let Kenny flip through them (if they’re children’s books) and pass them on to friends for their comments. But recently, I received an interesting request from the author of a soon-to-be published children’s […]
Really. I’m sitting in a hotel room, all by myself. I am drinking a latte, responding to two dozen MommyBlog emails that are way overdue, checking out other mom blogs, writing a book review and completely absorbed in blissful quiet. A dear friend of mine is getting married this weekend, and due […]
At our weekly home group tonight, all the women got around to talking about The One Thing that, if we could change it, would make our lives easier. For one, it would be if she could move back to the South, where her family is from. For another, if she and her husband […]
Kenny has continued to stretch his boundaries in learning what he can and cannot control. This week’s prime strategy has been, “I don’t like…” As in, “I don’t like my bed,” “I don’t like to eat dinner,” “I don’t like naps,” “I don’t like the Zoo,” “I don’t like to pee pee in […]