Today my babies are small. Soft doughy thighs and beautiful round bellies. Running through the house with their shirts tucked under their chins screaming “Lala!” (Lucy’s word for belly). Their tummies pushed out with blissful pride. Today, they are enough. Strong and joyful and satisfied. Secure in their space in the world. All twenty-eight and [...]
Today Dan and I have been married for 5 years. If you're wondering what five years of marriage looks like it starts with being woken up at 5:49am by two toddlers, yelling at them for an hour and 15 minutes to put their socks on, before being late to work, and then leaving early to [...]
Six months ago, at Lucy's one year checkup, our pediatrician told me I should move the girls into the same room. I looked at her, tired and incredulous, and asked if she was joking. She laughed, knowingly, and told me all parents tell her she's crazy but that if we already weren't getting any sleep [...]
I'm the least crafty person I know. Seriously, someone asked me if I made these adorable floral crowns the girls were wearing at Mia's party and I just laughed because, not if my life depended on it. But when it comes to birthday parties I get really into it. My mom always threw really crafty, [...]
Don't even pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. You buy all your birthday gifts at Target. I know you do because I saw you there, begging your toddler for the love of all things caffeine to SIT DOWN and stop putting Elsa sweatshirts in the cart. It's ok mama. I feel you. I [...]
My therapist tried to comfort me last week by telling me that it was important for my kids to see my faults and weaknesses. Learning that your parents are in fact human, he assured me, is easier to stomach in small measured doses, rather than a giant paradigm shift in those developmentally sensitive preteen years. [...]
I can't wait until my 40's. I know I know, you're not supposed to wish away time. But by then my kids will be able to wipe their own asses, my student loans will be paid off, and I'll have 4 weeks vacation at my work. I might even have more money in my 401k [...]
I finally started going to therapy. I say finally because it's been 8+ years since I was last in therapy, battling an eating disorder I never imagined I could defeat. And then I did. Which is why I'm back in therapy. This time up against persistent anxiety that has been slowly eating away at my sanity, and my [...]
Last summer the Dixie Chicks, my most favorite band in the history of ever, came to Bangor, Maine. My mom and I wanted to go SO badly but I had a 5-month old baby and a toddler and nipples that leaked milk at even the thought of leaving said baby behind. Instead I sat at home [...]
Lucy is officially one, and as she grows out of the baby stage and into toddlerhood, I'm celebrating by selling all of her stuff. Ha- sorry Lucy! I'll admit, I did have a small moment of sentimentality - particularly when I mailed off that SollyBaby wrap that she basically lived in for the first couple months - but [...]
Oh Baby Richards 