The first few days of Gabe’s life were some of the slowest, sweetest days of my life. I remember thinking, “Oh! It’s past 2:16 am! He’s three days old!” Every morning, I declared, “X days old is my favorite age.” I was smitten. And already mourning a time when I wouldn’t measure Gabe’s life inRead the whole post >>
November Update & December Intentions.
[November Goals Revisited] Keep my house clean with the daily 6 ( make beds right away, keep your kitchen sink empty, do a load of laundry most days, clean up after yourself, bathroom wipe-down, before bed 10-minute clean up) | Medium check! I did most of these many of the days, but I think theRead the whole post >>
November Pumpkin Treats.
Pumpkin-flavored goodies get a lot of attention in October. Everyone’s all a-flutter about pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pancakes and carving pumpkins and such for the month of October. Then, aside from pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, poor little pumpkin is thrown by the wayside, neglected and forgotten in favor of Christmas cookies and peppermint mochas.Read the whole post >>
October Update & November Intentions.
Now that we all can breathe a collective sigh of relief that we’re so totally not perfect, I’d like to revisit my October goals. Because, yes, I certainly don’t and can’t do it all, but that doesn’t mean I want to be sedentary. I want to learn new things. I want to deepen my relationships.Read the whole post >>
He’s Not a Baby, Not Yet a Toddler.
(Yes, I still sing old Britney Spears songs to myself.) (She’s so lucky, she’s a star. But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart…Ahem.) (If you have no idea what I’m talking about: this.) Gabe is in limbo between babyhood and toddlerhood, but took one giant leap into toddlerhood with his very first haircut.Read the whole post >>