There are few times in life when you are really surprised, and for me, one of those is discovering you're pregnant, soon followed by learning the baby's gender. With Annie I took four different pregnancy tests before accepting the fact as truth and then when the tech told us we were having a GIRL, well, [...]
In Present Over Perfect, Shauna Niequist talks about “fake rest” and oh am I ever guilty of this. You know, everyone else is napping on Sunday afternoon and instead of napping yourself you decide to take care of business: catch up on laundry, clean the bathrooms, unload and reload the dishwasher, make cookies. After all [...]
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Today's guest post is from my dearest friend of over a decade, Ashley Hartfelder. She is a certified boy mom (the latest little dreamboat born one month ago!), teacher, curriculum-writer and cheese connoisseur. She does all the things and I'm overjoyed she a) found the time to write this piece and b) is allowing me to [...]
These past few weeks have been especially nutty in our little world, and I noticed a trend when talking to well, anyone. Over and over there was one word that keep popping up into conversation - from both sides. BUSY. How are you? Well besides being super busy, great! How's work going? So much work [...]
Those first few weeks of motherhood are no joke. Between the constant feedings, blow-outs and hurried mini-showers there's not much time to sleep, let alone think or prepare a decent meal. In those hazy early days, it's the acts of kindness from friends and family that keep you going - and fed. I asked several [...]
