Health

  • The Saddest Day of the Year

    On Wednesday afternoon, I got a call at school from our daycare. Michael had a 101 fever. This was sad enough in and of itself. But the REALLY sad part was that because…

  • Mom, M.D.

    One of my kids’ (and mine, too!) favorite television shows right now is Doc McStuffins on Disney Junior. The kids love Doc because of her cute little personality, but I love the show because…

  • Driving Myself Crazy

    I’m having one of those weeks.  You know the ones.  They are the weeks when every traffic lane you change into on your drive home comes to a complete stop.  The ones where…

  • The Easter Bug

    For Easter this year, we were celebrating with my mom and Grandma on Saturday and at our house with friends on Sunday.  It was supposed to be a great weekend.  Easter is my…

  • Down For the Count

    Remember that day when Jenn Hopkins took our family photos and I looked like this? And then remember that time I got the flu and a double ear infection and looked like this?…

  • Is There a Doctor in the House?

    One of the scariest parts of preparing for the arrival of Bean Man and Gracie was choosing a pediatrician. It’s not that it’s necessarily a hard decision to make, but it is an…

  • Body Image

    It has been a jarring day, to say the least. I am spent. And my body image has been battered down to my sixth grade self. Several things happened today which led to…

  • Running Around All Crazy Like

    Well, against all odds and against everything I thought I knew about myself, I have actually stuck with this running thing.  Who knew I was so determined and athletic?  (Determined athletes still groan…

  • MamaBear 5k

    This past weekend, we went to Atlanta to spend some time with my sister and brother-in-law. On Saturday morning, we got up early because John Michael and I were running a local charity…

  • New Ears!

    Yesterday we took Gracie in to get tubes in her ears. I was a little worried going into it, but mostly I was excited for her. Gracie’s ears have been such trouble for…