“The best inheritance a parent can give to her children is a few minutes of their time each day.”







I try not to let my day pass by without spending some quality time with Kirsten. It is so easy to do. You wake up, make your coffee, check your email, read the paper, all while juggling a baby at the same time. Or perhaps you rush out the door on your way to work with a million things on your mind.



I don't want to get to work in the morning and think, "gee, I…

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No seriously, WHY?





Why is it that that motherhood causes us to become absolutely batty about things "possibly" happening? Let me be more specific... while pregnant, from about 37 weeks on, I felt like every little twitch, gurgle, or pain was me going into labor. Baby kicked... OH MY GOD ITS TIME! Of course it wasn't time. I would know when it was time. But as someone who NEVER experienced labor before, I took every little minor thing as a sign that the baby was…

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Summer is.....





a great city with fabulous friends





days so hot that your hair curls





the beginnings of a garden







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I read a lot of fellow mommy bloggers and a lot of people post about the funny talents they came up with or never knew they had until they became a mom. It is so true, we sign up to feed, cloth, nurture, and take care of a baby, but the job quickly turns into 500 different things before the kid even turns 1.



Here are a few skills I have now acquired since becoming a mommy....





* I can now feed a baby (bottle) and type on the computer at the same time. I'd like to… Continue