Hey,Look at that Fat Girl

Let me preface this by saying, I am so paranoid about my girls developing body issues that if you ask them ,"What are you?" Their ...

Permission Granted

I don't know about the rest of you, but some days I feel like I don't know who I am. Not the familiar, my worlds turned upside down ...

Incapacitated and Dominated;Being at the mercy of your children

This morning was a morning to end all mornings. I woke up, in our apartment in Virginia, where we are residing temporarily until we relocate...

PMS and Motherhood

There is Premenstrual Syndrome, More aptly called the one week a month that I hate all living creatures for even having the gall to breathe,...

Kids really do say the darndest things

We are on a mini vacation/ look see around town for my husbands potential new job, in Virginia. First, let me start by saying, this is one o...

Breaking up is hard to do

We've all been there. That's moment in a relationship when you know its not going anywhere, and its certainly not moving forward, th...

Potty Training

Two years ago, I first embarked on this lovely little fact of life, we lovingly refer to as Potty training. It was my first time and I follo...

Being honest with yourself

Every morning, I wake up and I see my daughters, usually one or both have ended up in our bed at some point throughout the night, and I am i...

Waking up Mommy

The other morning I woke up; the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and , by all accounts, it was going to be a beautiful day. I lay t...

Bringing Home Baby

I will never forget the moment the nurse came into my room and said,"OK, as soon as we can get you a wheel chair, you guys can go home....

Hell on Wheels in Taffeta and a Pink Helmet

As I have mentioned, I am the mommy of two super girls. Bella has recently turned four and her baby sister, Gabs, is about to be two. Saying...

Rain ,Rain , Go Away..

Why is it that on the days when your children wake up with the greatest amounts of energy and the worst attitudes, the days that they really...

2 year old Selective Hearing Syndrome and other nuggets of wisdom

I have began to wonder why none, not one,of the parenting books mentions that around the age of 2 children develop selective hearing.Hearing...

What really happens the second time around

Fast forward to two years later, we have a beautiful, now demanding toddler (whom I am completely in love with) who wants all of my time, ev...

Mother's Day ;Part Deux!

This morning got off to a rocky start,as you can see from my previous post. But it evolved into a magical evening anyway.Wayne eventually wo...

Mother's Day Morning

So, this morning, I was the first one to wake up. I decided if I wasn't going to be able to sleep in, then I'd get up and make the m...

Irate Mama

OK,so I live by Notre Dame University. Most of you are aware of the current controversy of President Obama delivering the commencement speec...

Rantings of a Crazy woman; 1st Pregnancy

So, that brings us to the gloriousness of pregnancy. Well, for me, pregnancy was pretty glorious. I only gained 18 lbs. with my pregnancies ...

Resume our regularly scheduled programming: What was Eve thinking?

Now, if I’ve scared you to death that was not my intention. For those of you who have been through this already, you’re laughing because it’...

Playdates; A brief deviation from my sequence

Four years have passed since the birth of my first child, that means it has been just about 3 years and 3 months ( give or take) since we en...

Labor, What's the story morning glory?

They say they call it labor, because it’s a lot of hard work ( which is beyond my comprehension, still how it can take 10-30 hours for a bab...

Remembering the bliss of birth

All anyone ever tells you about birth is “It’s such a blessing” (which it is) and you forget about the pain of childbirth as soon as you hol...

The Truth about Motherhood

There’s a club, more exclusive than the Junior League, the country club, or any other social/philanthropic women’s club, it’s called the Mom...