The Ornament

This Christmas morning was a little different than our previous Christmases have been. The entire year has been a little "different...

The Lump in My Heart Runneth Over

I fully realize this picture is fuzzy but there is something ethereal about & it is very reminiscent of how the weekend felt. The house ...

How the Grinch almost Stole Mommy

The holidays for me are usually all warmth and fuzziness, mostly. Don't get me wrong they are chocked full of craziness but right undern...

Friday Morning Happiness

It's Friday and I just don't feel like Fawk You's. I'm having a happy Friday and so I want to take a moment to bask in the g...

Baby Of Mine

Kindergarten has been a big step for our Bella and it doesn't seem that the firsts show any sign of slowing down anytime soon. I have mi...

There's some things that need to be said

I watched you sleep in quietly in my bed you don't know this now but theres some things that need to be said it's all that i can hea...

The Fickle Friendships of Five Year olds

This morning,we awoke to  a dreary morning.These are the hardest to get the girls our of bed. I decided to get the morning started off on th...

The House that Built Me

I'm feeling a little nostalgic for my home and my parents. Who knows maybe it has something to do with my girls and all these firsts f...

Love Letter

Staying up late with my insomnia is great for catching up on emails and writing my posts, but it definitely has its price. You know exhaust...

Seriously, Saks Fifth Avenue is taunting me!

  I don...

Girls and their Daddies

A couple of years ago for Christmas, Bella ( then 3) wanted to tell her Papi why she loved him. It was her special gift to him ( and it real...

The illusive baby book

Before my girls were ever born, in the very early stages of conception , I became obsessed with  chronicling every single thing they would e...

The Proposal, Part Deux

This  past weekend was the big guy and my 11th wedding anniversary. It was pretty special since last year for our 10th, he had just been dow...

Better than Ice cream

In a couple days, my husband and I will be celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary(we married when we were 19..not really but its the only ...

A garden where love grows

Yesterday, did not go according to plan. But does it ever? What's the saying? The road to hell is paved with what??? Oh yeah, good inten...