A long time ago my sister and I made a deal with each other that if we ever even considered buying a minivan, the other sister would make every attempt, including maiming, to dissuade the insane minivan buying sister. The minivan seemed like such a horrid expression of motherhood that it made us cringe.
I’ve been [...]
For Halloween we dressed Anna up in a sweet little pink caterpillar costume. We liked the fact that the costume would be warm, since Halloween is generally our first snow in Colorado. Thanks to global warming it was instead 78 degrees on Halloween, but I digress.
Mike took a bunch of pictures of Anna in her [...]
I don’t think that it’s possible to be a neat-freak and be a parent. You will simply have to let go having everything neat and tidy, especially the baby and you. Everyone is going to get messy in this process.
For example:
What you are not able to see in this picture is that not only is [...]
Parenting is a 24/7 job with no breaks and barely any sleep. Thankfully it also has some moments of hilarity.
Even if you have experience changing diapers, the whole process is different when it’s your own child and you have not had a lot of sleep. For the first few weeks we were both amazed at [...]
It was a foregone conclusion for me that I would breastfeed Anna upon her arrival. I never understood why people would opt for formula. Breastmilk is free, always available and it looked easy. Whoa Nelly was I wrong about the “easy” and “always available” part! Now I know that breastmilk, while free, comes with a [...]