occurred when I was strolling along, pushing my baby in her baby-car-seat-stroller (not to be confused with her big girl stroller. It was windy. She needed more coverage, today.) and happened upon a toddler in the exact same outfit that my daughter was wearing. I, of course, ran up to the little girl, who was sitting ...
Realllllly????
You know the age old expression that tells you that "there's no such thing as a stupid question..."? Yeah, I'm here to disagree. In the past year, I have been asked more silly questions than I can count. And, if I'm being completely honest, I may have asked a few doozies myself. Today, I had my 4-month-Post-Pregnancy check-up with my ...
baby talk
This weekend, my daughter started saying "Ma. Mama. Ma." All of the books call it "babbling". I prefer to call it an ode to her favorite person in the world.
Today, I…
borrowed my daughter's bedazzled hair barrette and wore it out in public, ran inside, pushing the stroller, frantically, during a thunderstorm, mooned people, when my pants fell down, when I ran inside, pushing the stroller, frantically, during a thunderstorm, dried tears, startled my daughter with my "Riff Raff" impersonation from Rocky Horror, baked chocolate truffle brownies, ate chocolate truffle brownies, supervised ...
Hot Shots, Part Deux
Yesterday, my daughter had her 4-month-old check-up. This meant getting her weight, measuring the circumference of her head, having the doctors and nurses ooh and ahh over her cuteness, and, of course shots. Now, I went into the appointment feeling like an old pro. We had been through this before. Except, this time, it was a different nurse. So, when I asked her if she ...
Wishes are Children
Careful the things you say, Children will listen. Careful the things you do, Children will see. And learn. Children may not obey, But children will listen. Children will look to you For which way to turn, To learn what to be. Careful before you say, "Listen to me." Children will listen. -Into the Woods (My daughter told me to post this. She said you might ...
Free to Be (And to Wear Backwards Jeans)
Originally published on Babyssentials For most parents, the choice to send a child to school is made for many reasons; you want your child to learn, you want your child to socialize, you want your child to expand his or her horizons, and, perhaps most importantly of all, you want your child to ...
Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Everywhere!
As I may have mentioned a time or two before, today is my daughter's 4-month-old birthday. Party! Party! Party! As I may have also mentioned a time or two before, this family will use any excuse to celebrate a birthday of any kind. And, I'm sure that I've mentioned a time or two before that, in this family, ...
speaking of glitter,
only my daughter would be completely unable to pose for her "I am 4-months-old-today-photo" because she is too distracted by her gold glittery toesies. Yes, instead of being enamored with my singing, smiling, cheering and chanting, her eyes are glued to her sparkly socks. They are pretty fabulous. Maybe she'll let me borrow. Happy 4 month Birthday to my sweet princess. Glitter for ...
all that glitters
Tonight, as I watched the baby cracking up at my mother-in-law, as they played with her favorite dolly, (which was, by the way, an amazingly precious sight), I noticed that my daughter had glitter on her head. How in the world did she get such a sparkly keppie? My mind raced. Well, I did take a nap today. Did ...
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