Suburbia
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Home Sweet Home
Since Gracie’s birth, I have been staying home with the kiddies while I’m on maternity leave. When I stayed home on maternity leave with Bean, time seemed to fly by. I was home…
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Easter Recap
Easter ’round these parts is a day of relaxing, enjoying family and friends, and giving thanks that we serve a living God. And yesterday it was also about a competitive game of croquet…
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Who’s Paying for This Kid?
First, I’m going to apologize to those of you who tune in to my blog for things other than childbearing and child-rearing because those seem to be the hot topics here lately. But…
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Valentine’s Day After Children
Sunday night, Chris and I went out to dinner for an early Valentine’s Day. We tried a sushi place for the first time and we were not disappointed. I think I ate my…
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TV Time Out
I’m not one of those mom’s who keeps vigilant watch over how many minutes or hours of TV Bean watches. As long as he has more hours doing active, creative, stimulating things than…
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Sneaky Peaky, #2
When I found out I was having a boy when I was pregnant with Bean, I think I had his entire nursery decorated in about 24 hours. I bought anything blue and sports…
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Don’t Mess With the Nest
I’m 30 weeks pregnant today. Which means I’m 10 weeks away from having this baby girl. Which means I’m entering my third trimester. Which means I’m nesting like a giant, puffy, round bird.…
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How to Tie a Bow
Every Christmas, my gift wrapping is put to shame at Chris’s grandmother’s house. In my family, we use the bag of pre-made bows on our presents. Wrap the gift, shove the bow on…
