Life is Made Up of Defining Moments

Life is made up of defining moments.  Like the time you go on your first date.  Or the first time you meet your future husband.  Then there’s the moment you graduate from college and realize you are officially a grown up.  Or the time you learn that you are finally going to be a parent. Then [...]

A Catastrophe Averted

Henry went down for his afternoon nap like he always does – I gave him his pacifier, he cried and fussed for a bit, and then he finally fell asleep.  I checked on him several times as I often do, just to make sure that he was breathing fine and was resting peacefully.  I did [...]

Dinner Time In A Whole New Light

When the CPA and I got married, we had a list of things that we swore we would always do.  Along with planning lots of travel and having regular date nights, we promised that we would sit down to dinner every night so that we would have time to discuss how our respective days had [...]

5 Going on 13

Five months that is.  It’s been five months to the day that I popped out this little boy who has become the center of all of our attentions.  In honor of the blessed event, Henry willingly obliged to a photo shoot earlier this afternoon.  I am amazed to see the differences in him over the [...]

Nature vs. Nurture

For nine months you wait and you wonder what your little one will be like.  Then for the first few weeks after he arrives, you still wonder and wait as they just eat and sleep and not much else.  But then one day, it changes.  A light bulb turns on and your cuddly little person [...]

Disciplining Children

It’s been many years since I was spanked, but I remember the experience quite clearly.  First, my mother would warn us when we were close to getting in trouble when we were about to cross the line.  And, nine times out of ten, we’d not only cross the line, we’d jump over it and go [...]

The Push Present

For those of you who have given birth and have been on the receiving end of one of these, there is no explanation necessary. For those of you who have never heard of a push present, allow me to explain.  A push present is a gift that is given for doing just what it says – [...]

Finding Myself

It’s hard to explain, but the past few days I feel as if I’m coming out of a fog.  I feel like these ten weeks have been a blur of changing diapers, feeding schedules, lost sleep, and soothing cries.  I’ve loved every minute of it, don’t get me wrong, but during these weeks, I realize [...]

From the Mouth of Babes

I’m a talker by nature, always have been.  In fact, my mother wrote in my baby book that as a child, I could “talk your ears off.”  I often wondered if that is a trait that I learned as I grew up or if it’s something that I was just born with. At least I wondered [...]

Because I’m a New Mom

I was at Target a few days ago when I ran into someone from church.  As we were catching up, I told her that the upcoming Sunday would be Henry’s first day at church.  She asked if he had been sick or had had health issues that had prevented us from taking him earlier.  I [...]