From the category archives:

Babies (Newborn to Age 1)

This is What I Call Indepence Day!

I can’t tell you how ready we were for school to start today. We have been waiting and planning and talking and…waiting some more. We went on Monday thinking it started. Oops! We jumped the gun…2 more days of waiting. This morning we woke up ready. Clearly Sophia and Miles were pumped. We wore red, [...]

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Forgetting Your Child in the Car Could Kill. 10 Tips to Remember.

 I originally posted on this topic last summer.  I feel it is a subject that warrants a second look. So far this year, 24 children died after being left in a hot car.  In 2009, 33 children were lost forever after being forgotten. They died from hyperthermia. I am sure there are hundreds of little [...]

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Baby Violet’s First Big Girl Bath

Our kids’ bathtub is now officially full as sweet Baby V joined Sophia and Miles for her first big girl bath.  I would say it was a huge success.  Usually she creams for every minute of being in the water in that baby tub.  Lately I felt so bad I have just had Ross hand [...]

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Mommy Math

The number of hours I have been away from Violet since she was born.      The number of hours I have spent with Violet since she was born.   Need I say more?  This is literally a full time job.  And I have 2 other kids. At the current $7.25 minimum wage this would be worth [...]

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A Little LackLUSTer

This is fourth of five posts over ten days as part of Momalom’s Five for Ten.  We are all writing about the same topics in an honest effort to get to know one another better and make more connections. Our first topic was Courage.   The second was Happiness.  The third was memory.  Today’s is Lust. If you [...]

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Capturing the Memories of Early Childhood

This is third of five posts over ten days as part of Momalom’s Five for Ten.  We are all writing about the same topics in an honest effort to get to know one another better and make more connections. Our first topic was Courage.   The second was Happiness.  Today’s is Memory. If you are already a regular [...]

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Violet Grace: Month Two

Baby Violet is 2 months old! She joined us in January as a tiny little girl, weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces. Well, in just 2 months she has gained 5 pounds and is busy winning the hearts of all with her pudgy little cheeks and her totally kissable mouth and well…everything. After 2 months she [...]

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