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Out With the Old, In With the New
As Bean’s first birthday approaches, I have been taking stock of his toy situation. He’s doing pretty good in that area. In fact, he rivals a Toys R Us. But since I know…
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Death by Florence Nightengale
Last week Bean had a cold, which means that this week I have a cold. Ahhh…the joys of parenting. Chris is really great when I’m not feeling well. He makes sure that I…
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What I’ve Learned: Shopping with a Baby
Yesterday I was shopping in Target with Bean and I heard a child a few aisles over having a MAJOR breakdown. Bean himself was on the verge and it took some pretty fancy…
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Just Cause
This week Chris went back to work and, conveniently, we all started falling apart. I have a terrible cold, Bean is teething so he’s got a fever and a runny nose, and Chris…
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Old Friends, New Friends
This is Chris’ first week back at work after spending the past three months home as a family. It hasn’t been too bad, really. I miss him during the day though. Sometimes Bean…
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Infantile Coup
In our little rental house, there isn’t much that is off limits for Bean. Everything is so close together that no matter where he is, I can almost always see him. But there…
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Why Is Hanging Out With Your Wife So Un-Cool?
This past weekend Bean Man went to stay at his Nana and Granddad’s house. So, on Saturday afternoon Chris and I decided we would take advantage of our free time and play a…
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A Lesson in Marriage That I Will, Apparently, Never Learn
With our move to Florida coming sooner than we had expected, it has left us for several months without an income. Thankfully, Chris starts work next week, but for the past three months…
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How To Parent (Hint: I have no clue!)
I get emails and comments a lot asking me about what types of parenting philosophies I follow. Sometimes people want to know what books I read or which theories I like. Sometimes they…
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Exciting Things for Marriage Confessions
Several weeks ago, the amazing photographer, Jenn Hopkins, did some family portraits for us and I thought I’d share them with you. They are gorgeous and we can’t thank her enough. We had…
