Remember those funny Southwest Airlines commercials with the tagline “want to get away”? That’s totally how we’ve been feeling since we had our kids. Well actually, probably before we had them. After trying to conceive for nearly seven years, two rounds of…
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Gift Guide: Top Gifts for Baby!
Monica Hopkins Photography Not one, but two of my friends are expecting their first babies this Spring…and I just recently learned they are both having girls. This makes me nostalgic…I remember the excitement of finding out our baby’s gender. I…
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Things Kids Say…Figure Skating
Jason Brown brings down the house in Boston. If you haven’t seen his free program, google it. Amazing. With the 2014 Winter Olympics starting on February 6th, I figured it was time to get my daughter used to the television…
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Diary of a Moms ‘Day Off’
So let me preface this by saying, I am extremely grateful for my flexible work schedule. I am able to work part-time, and spend 3-4 days at home with my girls. We do have a nanny on days that I…
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Simplifying Christmas
Yes, it had to be done. And honestly I can’t believe this perfectionist is actually writing this, instead of checking off one of the 101 things I have left to do before Christmas. But it’s time for me to finally…
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Things Kids Say: The Never Ending Questions
My 2 girls with my nephew Ryan. Cute huh? Until they start asking questions! Oh Yes. It’s begun. The incessant questions from my 4 year old have started…and with a flurry. First it was “why?” after I asked Lila to…
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Uh Oh.
These are the two smallest syllables on Earth, that might have the largest meaning. When I heard Emylia utter “uh oh” today, so many panic stricken thoughts entered my head. Did she drop my phone in the toilet? Did she…
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Breastfeeding in Public…Why Must Women Cover Up?
I never really thought I’d join the debate over breastfeeding in public, but there was a short but interesting twitter exchange amongst some South Florida sports media personalities regarding this very subject. Wait, breastfeeding…huh?! Yep, Joy Taylor of The Zaslow and…
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Gift Guide: My Favorite Things…
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… Don’t worry, I won’t type out the lyrics to the rest of this Julie Andrews song. But for some reason, I’ve totally caught the holiday season bug before Thanksgiving this year. Maybe it’s…
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Coping with Croup
After waking at 4:00 am with Lila on Friday morning, and not able to go back to sleep, I worked the HEAT vs. Mavs game. After being awake 19+ hours, I got to bed at 11:30. woo hoo! Early game…
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