Top 10 Mommy-Musts: Necessities for the first year
When I was pregnant, I asked my friends who had kids, what items they couldn’t have lived without. Surprisingly, most seemed to forget. Hence my list. With the holiday season upon us, I thought this might be a good time to reveal my Top 10 Mommy-Musts. I hope this helps someone somewhere as I would [...]
Friday Fun Spot: Baby Power
Ellisa loves to point right now. Since she points at everything during meals, I began pointing back at her, touching fingertips, and saying “Baby Power.” Both kids caught on. I love Charles’ art direction during the recording of these videos. His pointed finger in the foreground cracks me up! Especially when he uses it to [...]
Say Goodbye to PT
I love love love Ellisa’s physical therapist. She positive, upbeat, honest when needs to be, and best of all knows exactly what she is doing. Plus, she actually works and interacts with Ellisa. Can you imagine (sarcastic tone inserted here)? I got extremely lucky when Mary Elizabeth showed up for Ellisa’s first PT appointment back in December of [...]
Motherhood: The First Year
Since today is my birthday (Ah, I’m 35!), I thought I would celebrate it by writing about the lessons I’ve learned within the last year of being a first-time mom. My list is nothing novel–especially to those of you who are already parents–but personal teachings I want to remember. I’m sure there are a ton [...]
Friday Fun Spot: Ellisa Mimicking Sounds
Is it Friday again already?! This is going to be more challenging than I thought. Hopefully I can make it to the new year without missing a Friday. This Friday Fun Spot is of Ellisa mimicking sounds. It’s short but sweet. I’m so proud of my little mimicker. This was taken back in early October. [...]
Weaning Hudson off the Bottle
Hudson loved his bottle. Bot was is first unreal word. As soon as I would open the door to the nursery in the morning he would look at me, barely peeking over his crib, point to the bottle in my hand, and say “bot.” Nice to see you too, Hud. I thought weaning him would [...]