Growing up, I didn’t get in a whole lot of trouble. I had my moments (like all kids), but for the most part I tried to mind my P’s and Q’s. I didn’t like punishment. I didn’t like disappointing my parents. So, I did whatever I had to to stay out of trouble. I remember, […]

I promised that I was going to continue Monday’s post about Christmas traditions and memories today. But, despite how PHENOMENAL my SITS Day was yesterday, last night I hit a wall (not literally). I came down off my SITS high, read through nearly 100 amazing comments (you guys seriously rock!) and then just… fizzled out… […]

If you are visiting for the first time from SITS, then Welcome! I’m so happy to have you! Feel free to poke around a bit, get to know me and my family a bit. You’ll find my most popular posts in the sidebar and some of the things I ramble about the most in the navigation […]

The last week and a half has been emotional and stressful, to say the least. Little Man’s birthday party-followed immediately by Halloween-totally took the wind out of me. I wonder during times like that how mom’s with five or six kids do it. (Seriously, you guys are my heroes.) Little Man had his three year […]

We’ve been in debate on whether or not to send the Little Man off to PreSchool this year. I’ve talked about all of the reasons why Preschool would benefit him (and me) because of my work schedule and I’ve spilled my heart on how uncomfortable I am with the idea of someone else taking care […]

Dear Noah, Today is the day Birthday Boy! Today you are three years old. I spent a better part of this week trying my hardest to figure out where the years have gone so far. It seems like just yesterday I was in that delivery room impatiently awaiting your arrival. You have changed our lives […]

I know that I should learn to let go a little bit… to trust people to take care of you the way that I do. But that will never happen. Because no one can take care of you the way that I can. No one. We’ve talked about sending you to preschool, but the thought […]

Growing up in a small town meant learning early on that there were two kinds of people in our little city: those who were in and those who were out. Contrary to what people try to make you believe, social stigma’s are a reality. Especially in towns and cities as small as the one I […]

You usually never realize when you are about to be hit with one of those “life changing” moments. More often than not, they sneak up on us, disguised as an unfortunate event, a bad day, or-occasionally-a happy accident that we just didn’t see coming out way.  Sometimes we acknowledge their life changing reality immediately, understanding […]

 A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how hard it can be to be overly excited for your pregnant friends when you yourself are having a hard time getting pregnant. I was overwhelmed by the support I received from all of you; your comments, your encouragement, your stories of struggle. So many of […]