lions and giraffes and bears, oh my!

As I’ve mentioned before, I was somewhat of a child bride. Except, not really. I got married in my early-ish twenties, so, I guess by today’s standards I was somewhat of an infant, but hey, at least I was legal, right? The same cannot, in fact, be said for my mother, who got married at the ripe old age ...

you make me feel like dancing

So, this morning, while baby and I were having a dance party, and I was singing The Jackson Five's "I Want You Back" into the remote control, you know, just like all moms and babies do on a rainy Wednesday morning, baby grabbed my hand and pulled the "microphone" up to her face and opened her mouth. O.M.G. Future Broadway ...

fashionably early

So, the baby just stole my pretty hair tie right off my wrist... ...and then proceeded to put in on her own wrist... ...and then proceeded to slide it up to her shoulder, and is wearing it now, as we  speak. Or, um, write. And I know this probably violates so many safety rules. And I know that I am ...

party trick?

My daughter has taken to sticking her fist in her mouth. Don't worry, I keep her hands extremely clean. However, why do I keep having flashes to, say, about 21 years from now, when she's in a bar, trying to one-up the girl who claims she can tie a cherry stem in a knot with her tongue?

While I was pregnant, I…

used my belly as a tray table learned all about the linea negra got a prenatal massage wouldn't let the man at the nail salon massage me, anywhere was put on bed rest read a few too many books written by celebrities saw my daughter's heart beating heard my daughter's heart beating felt my heart skip a beat ate Thanksgiving dinner, several times ate my ...

Does anyone else's baby seem to use Tummy Time as an excuse to lie on the floor and lick the brightly colored animals on her play mat? No? Yeah, neither does mine.

The Proposal, Part Forever

There I was, in St. John, on my bed, looking down at my husband, who was on his knee, holding out a box, in his hand. Proposal, no? But, peaking out from the shell-like box was not an engagement ring. It was a ring, yes. But a diamond on a band, no. Instead, there was a gorgeous mother of pearl ring, a tropical flower on an ...

The Proposal, Part Quatre

Three swift taps on our bedroom door, Followed by three magic words: “In room dining!” My ears perked up, as the adrenaline started to course through my body. Something was happening, Unexpected happiness. “You might want to answer that,” my husband said, slyly. (And by slyly, I mean nervously. Sorry, love.) I climbed, hesitantly, out of bed, slid on a pair of ...

The Proposal, Part Trois

“A trip to the South will bring you unexpected happiness."   As I stared down at the small, white fortune in my hand, I knew that it meant something. I showed my husband, but didn’t say much, As, at that moment, I felt as though the universe and I were in on a secret; That I had been given ...