All Hail the Diaper Bag

DIAPER BAG

As any parent of a small child knows, you cannot leave home without the diaper bag.  Even for the short trips.  Murphy’s law states that your kid will have the biggest diaper blowout of all time if you forget it. We moved to Austin, TX when SR was about 3 months old.  After a day [...]

Video Chatting

skype

Our family is spread out all over the world.  We have family in New Zealand, England, California and Oregon, and we’re in Texas with a 10-month old that they all wish they could be around.  I wish we were millionaires with buckets of free time to travel around and see them regularly, but it’s just [...]

Thanks for the Help, Honey

thanks for the help honey

“Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold — but so does a hard-boiled egg.” – Maya Angelou We recently moved SR & his crib from our bedroom to his very own. As a result, he wakes up less and so do I. Yay! The [...]

Writing a Blog

writing a blog

To celebrate the end of my first month of blogging, I’m going to show you what it’s like to blog while my muse is crawling around the floor. I used to do all my writing from the couch with my Macbook warming my lap, but with a baby who wants to get his hands on [...]

Why Can’t We Do Things My Way?

Why can't we do things my way?

This morning I was enjoying a few minutes of me time.  I had my head in my laptop and a cup of coffee by my side when my sixth sense struck me. My son, who was playing on the floor nearby, was being too quiet, and too still.  Something was definitely up.  He’s usually a [...]

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