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How I Became a “Yes” Mom
Bean is three years old. Which means a large part of my day is spent telling him no. No, you cannot bring those rocks inside. No, you cannot wear slippers to church. No,…
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Stage Four Clinger
I should start this off by saying that I am not an especially touchy-feely person. I’m not a hugger. I’m not a cuddler. I like my own personal space. So does Chris. So…
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The Worst Party Guests Ever
I’m about to tell you a story that has scarred me to my core. TO MY CORE, PEOPLE! It happened a couple weeks ago at Ginny and John Michael’s baby shower in Pensacola.…
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Summer of Organization: Activity Closet
Last week I decided to tackle a big summer organizational project that has been on my mind since we first moved into this new house. When we moved in, we sort of randomly…
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Mother of the Year
Because we were traveling on Bean’s birthday, we scheduled his party for the following weekend. Which would be this weekend. Aw, crap. Let me tell you about this birthday party. It has not…
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Preschooler Dinners Continue
First, can I just pause to freak out for a minute? When I checked my email this week, I thought BabyCenter had sent me the wrong weekly updates. I get emails from them…
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Scheduling the Unschedulable
So many people told me when I was pregnant with my first baby that babies can’t be scheduled. They would laugh when I would tell them about books I’d read about how…
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Preparing to Become a SAHM
Things are winding down at school for me. And as the end of the year draws closer, I realize that summer vacation is drawing closer as well. It’s all I can think about.…
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How to Sleep When the Baby Sleeps
Late in my pregnancy with Bean, the advice changed from how to survive my pregnancy to how to survive the first few months as a new mom. Without a doubt, the most frequent…
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Efficiency Kitchen
We rearranged the kitchen this weekend. Gracie helped. It was actually a very sporadic decision. Bean was once again not eating his dinner on Saturday night. This time I was getting really frustrated…
