It’s been quite a while so I thought I would give an update on my endeavors to lose the preggo weight. I know, it’s not the most exciting thing in the world to read about but, hey, it’s Saturday and I’m still exhausted from the week. Surprisingly enough I actually did not gain weight over [...]

Today was Abbi’s first day of gymnastics. I was optimistic when Abbi willingly put on her leotard. Abbi is always saying that things are scratchy. Certain clothes or blankets or cotton balls. Everything is scratchy. No she doesn’t have really sensitive skin, she’s just kind of kooky I guess. The fact that she put her [...]

I had to laugh a few minutes ago as I was watching the latest Momversation because they were tackling the question: “Are our kids over-scheduled?” The reason for my laughter, I’ve been stressing these last few weeks over whether or not Abbi is getting enough outside interaction. Not outside as in outdoors in the yard [...]

Ever since Abbi was born our lives have been pretty scheduled. Actually, I’ve always been a pretty scheduled person. I like schedules. I like predictability….with the occasional *surprise* or deviation. Now that we have two kids this is what our daily schedule pretty much looks like:7am — girls wake up, parents groogishly leave their warm [...]

I’m not sure how I forgot to mention this in my Christmas review but here it is — The Christmas Cheerio Debacle.We were hanging out at Tim’s sister’s house. The adults were playing games, Zoe was attempting to nap, and Abbi was watching a video and eating Cheerios. A few minutes later she came over [...]

I’ll admit it right now, I’m totally to blame for my daughter saying “Oh my gosh.” I know I used to say it. It was something I really never even thought about it. Then I heard those words come out of my daughter’s mouth (then two years old). It sounded so different. I didn’t like [...]

Have you seen that commercial where the mom and daughter are grocery shopping and, after the mom lists off each item they need to buy, the daughter says “I don’t think I like that”? Even after the mom says “waffles”, the daughter is convinced she doesn’t like waffles. That is my daughter! And that scene [...]

It was a week between my last two posts. A WEEK. I wish I could say that this was a rarity but, sadly, it’s not. It’s become a pretty common occurrence for me. The worst part is that it is not due to a lack of time, not entirely anyhow. Here’s the situation — I [...]

I’m not sure what it is about Zoe’s cry but it drives me crazy! Does that make me a terrible mom? I mean, It. Drives. Me. Crazy! It can alter my mood in a matter of seconds. I can go from being in a laid back, good mood to being very agitated the minute she [...]