While Charlie has turned a corner into an annoying phase that I hope ends in the next seven seconds, Tilly has entered one that I hope never ends.

My sweet girl threw her first full-on violent tantrum about a week after she turned one. From then until about a week ago, her tantrums were something that the whole family just ignored and worked around.

I’m not gonna lie. They have brought me to tears on numerous occasions. They have made me question my mothering, and wonder if…

He had the "MOOOMMM! You're embarassing me!" Face down before he even left the hospital.

Charlie has gone through a metamorphosis recently, and I can’t say that I am thrilled about it. During my tenure as a parent, I’ve learned that everything goes in phases and waves. Some phases…

Yesterday morning I was doing laundry and between loads, I set the detergent down on what I affectionately call the “crap ledge.” the crap ledge is located at the top of the stairs in the laundry hallway a href="http://motherhoodisbeautiful.com/?p=847" title="When it Rains it Explodes">http://motherhoodisbeautiful.com/?p=847 – Just in case you missed this one, it explains the “laundry hallway”>. I set things there that I am too lazy to put away, and sometimes the kids can’t seem…

Recently, in addition to superheros, Charlie is also really in to skyscrapers (I think it’s the whole “leaping tall buildings in a single bound” thing). So on Saturday, we attempted to take the kids to the sky deck at the Willis Tower, which Charlie has dubbed the Willy Wallace Tower, and according to him it’s filled with Wallaces (we don’t understand it either). We walked into the lobby to buy tickets and were told that the minimum wait at that time was ninety-minutes.…

August 3, 2008 approximately 11 p.m.

I was 32 weeks and 1 day pregnant…

Since my 4lb 10oz bundle of screaming joy was eight weeks early, he was transferred from my body to a team of doctors and nurses there to assess him and make sure he was alright. After their original assessment, which was much better then expected I was able to hold my little man for 30 seconds (for real, a nurse timed it), and then they whisked him off to the NICU. Charlie's home…