Category: General

A month or so ago, I realized that I’d hit my pre-pregnancy weight and did a little happy dance.   But the dance was short-lived as I watched myself in the mirror and thought, “Hm.   Weight same; body still looking like jelly.”   I tried on my favorite “I really look great in these…

Book Review: Everyone is Beautiful, by Katherine Center, published by Ballantine Books, 2009 Available in hardback February 17. For any mom who has ever found herself on day two of going shower-less; who has ever accidentally flashed her nursing bra in public; who has ever wondered for a second too long why the kids were…

I had no idea how many pro-tummy moms I’d hear from!   Thanks to all for the comments and emails about the blissful life of the tummy-sleeping-baby.   Cooper has found his niche. We did hit a bump in the “cry yourself to sleep” road, though, as right after I wrote the last post, he…

So it turns out that Cooper did’t really “need” to be swaddled to sleep.   In fact, all this time he’s been begging us to set him free… and let him sleep on his tummy.   For three days now, he’s napped like a champ – falling asleep on his own after only a little…

Two nights ago, Cooper had his  worst night.   Ever. He did get his six-month vaccines  that day  – a whopping 4 shots and an oral suspension.   His doctor told me to keep him on Tylenol, and expect him to be feverish and cranky.   Oh, had I had an inkling of what the…

“The boys” and I decided to come visit my parents for a few days… funny because they only live 45 minutes away!   But we never get to spend much time with them.. it seems that all our visits are for a single afternoon, or for dinner, whereas we see Casey’s parents for entire weeks…

Ok, so it’s no secret around here that since Cooper George made his first appearance this blog has become a chore shuffled far down on the To Do list.   Seriously.   Laundry, dishes, housework, not to mention walking the dog, playing with Kenny (without a baby on my lap) and stringing together an at…

Some Christmas shots…   Cooper loves his new seat!  … Kenny auditioning for KISS while Mommy opens presents… I love this one… Casey, Cooper and I have just woken up from a post-feast-couch-nap and Kenny has just finished an hour of totally un-supervised playtime with his cousins over at my parent’s house…. the mischief is…

MommyBlog will be back posting next week!

Today Kenny asked me if I would write a letter to Santa for him.   “You write whatever I say, ok Mama?” It’s funny… Casey and I really haven’t told him anything about Santa, but I suppose with the Christmas specials he’s seen (Rudolf, Frosty, etc) and the Christmas storybooks we’ve read, he’s picked up…