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“Oh, look out you rock ‘n rollers”

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMQ0Ryy01yE] There were a lot of changes-- a lot of new-- in the land of mom this week. Having a lot to be thankful for also comes with some major adjustments. "For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else." I didn't write that. Ralph Waldo Emerson did. And, he's right. Obviously. He's Ralph Waldo Emerson, and ...

Oh,

and in case you thought that my Nanny missed out on all of the fun on what she once told me was her very favorite holiday.... She most certainly did not.

Pennies from heaven

If you know me, you know that I have a thing for feathers. They mean something to me; they serve as signs from the Universe and they remind me that my lost loved ones are near. They are a part of my deeply superstitious nature, and I believe in their power. But, feathers are not the only symbols that have ...

Scene from the living room floor

Wishing you a peaceful, featherful, lovely Shabbat. Shalom, chaverim.

Wanna hear something crazy?

My baby, my tiny little girl, is now mobile. While she's not quite crawling, she's able to really get her move on. She rolls, she drags herself, she pulls herself and can sit up on her own. She can, quite speedily, maneuver herself from one end of the living room to the other end of the living room, and ...

and giving thanks

Today, I will be watching the first snowflakes fall, baking brownies, staying in PJs, having dance parties to holiday tunes, kissing my baby's little nose, kissing my baby's little toes, lingering over my blueberry bagel with butter, sharing laughter with treasured family members, watching the parades, remembering this day last year, telling the people in my life how much they mean to me, crawling around with my ...

Empty Nesters

Do you remember a couple of months back when I declared that my baby would be spending her first night in her own crib? Well, all did not exactly go as planned. She did not, in fact, spend that night in her own nursery, nor has she spent any other nights within those four walls. It just hasn't happened. Do ...

On this fine Saturday, I

stomped on crunchy leaves, was yard sold, bought about 5000 almonds for about 5 dollars, mashed an avocado, called Lola "Loly Guacamole", realized that my new candles actually smell like B.O., purchased a Disney Princess Snuggie, returned a Disney Princess Snuggie, saw 2 giant feathers, missed my angels, wished I could share a funny story with my angels, remembered that my angels probably already knew it, said ...

T.G.I.S.

I made it. I survived my first week back from maternity leave. Yes, I work part time, (and by part time, I mean 3 days a week, for quarter days, at that) but I can't say that I'm not thrilled to have my first week behind me and my little baby before me, as she sits here, sucking on her big ...

quack

So guess what? I'm officially part of the waddle club, again! No, I'm not pregnant. Tricked ya, didn't I? Seriously, though. This afternoon it hit me. I'm no more mobile today than I was when I was lugging a 7lb baby around in my uterus. Why, you ask? The infant car seat. Trying to schlep a baby (especially a baby who happens to be ...