When Dan and I decided to adopt a puppy 5 years ago, we knew wanted some kind of Pitbull mix. Especially in the South, Pitbulls have a horrible time getting adopted, due in part to their less-than-stellar reputation, and also because of the prevalence of dog fighting rings which produce injured, often malnourished, fearful and in [...]
I'm 23 weeks pregnant now - and the nesting is already setting in. Poor Dan. Today I spent the morning going through all of Mia's old clothes and washing/sorting the newborn and 0-3mo outfits. I'm not sure if it's actually nesting, or just my desire to justify more baby clothes shopping, but either way it's making [...]
Earlier this week it was Dan and my 3rd wedding anniversary. We commemorated the day by waking up, grabbing our cell phones to scroll Facebook, and then saying to each other - "oh look, today is our anniversary...according to Facebook anyway." Trust me, it was really romantic. This is the space I had originally reserved [...]
When you decide to have a second kid, you (hopefully) think through the obvious expenses involved. Maternity leave (10 weeks at about $4000), hospital bills (baby #1 was $8,000 out of pocket), daycare ($300/month for 2 days a week), diapers ($100 a month), wine ($5 a box) - catching puke with your bare hands (priceless). Sorry, I [...]
You guys. Potty training. WTF. How is this a thing that people just do and don't really talk about? I mean I know people write books and blogs and essays and all that about it (OH BELIVE ME, I know, I read like, I think all of them). But how do I have a bazillion [...]
Whenever something bad happens to someone, somebody always chimes in with "why do bad things always happen to such good people?" Usually it's me because I'm the worst at knowing what to say to people when bad things happen. I think people say this to make the person feel better that even though something awful happened [...]
Two posts in two days - what the what?!! I know. Crazy. There must be some kind of special moon or something going on because I've been wayyyyy more productive than normal today. On a typical Wednesday (my work from home day) I am pleased with myself if I shower, feed Mia cold dinner leftovers, and [...]
"I felt each part of my life gave me respite from the other."- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Over the holiday break I spent way more time than usual with my toddler. Thanks to the holidays, my regular work-from-home day, and a horrible and ill-timed stomach virus I ended up staying home with Mia for 9 days [...]
My family has a LONG standing tradition of making and scrutinizing each other's New Years Resolutions. Back when we were kids it was done over a table filled with greasy Chinese Food. My Aunt Annie was the record keeper, carefully reading back the old, and writing down the new resolutions with exact wording (the details [...]
Mia's cousin Dylan is just 6 weeks younger than her. I know they don't look 6 weeks apart, but I promise you they are. Even though Dylan is technically the younger cousin, he's never been the smaller cousin. Even on the day he was born he outweighed Mia by a little over a pound. The [...]
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