Happy 8 Months, Little J

Stealing a page from my dear friend “Blair” on this one. It’s necessary that I write a letter to J on this momentous occasion!! J: It’s hard for Mommy to believe that eight months ago I didn’t know what your face looked like. And hard to remember that this time last year she was having [...]

Pregnancy is wonderful and other lies your mother told you…

I am in the process of forgetting my pregnancy. This must be the case because lately when I see pregnant women I think to myself “Awww, she’s pregnant! How sweet and wonderful!” If you knew me when I was pregnant that statement would make you laugh. It worries me that I’m forgetting my pregnancy because [...]

True Confessions

I have a confession to make. One that terrifies me to say out loud but one that I’m going to share with you anyway. It’s been on my mind for a while now, pretty much since I was approximately 18 weeks pregnant with J. What is it? Glad you asked. I’m scared to have another [...]

Friday Faves — Guest Blogger Edition

Oh Cybil. Cybil. Cybil. Cybil. How do I love her, let me count the ways! She is seriously funny. Not just sort of amusing but absolutely send milk out of your nose funny. And she gets me, which really should scare her a lot but actually seems to amuse her. Her blog, A Big Pot [...]

The Fear Factor

When I was pregnant, all I thought about was what it would be like when J got here. The first six months or so I was scared and excited but mostly excited. I daydreamed about all these wonderful things I would do with him like decorate sugar cookies at Christmas and dye Easter Eggs at, [...]

Babies

I’ve decided babies are like crack. Once you have one, you want another one … and probably then another one. The whole time I was pregnant I complained. Okay, not the whole time, but a lot of the time. I hated gaining weight. I hated trying to find clothes for my massively expanding boobs. I [...]