It has been ten years since my last trip to labor and delivery. Twelve the time before that. So... I decided to ask around and get a few tips on what to take to the hospital with me that I might have forgotten. I figure in ten years there might even be something new and exciting that I need to add t...

"Whoooo doesn't love a baby?" That was my baby shower theme. These are the photos from yesterday's festivities - and YES, I got my cupcake... but was not impressed with the fact that it didn't start my labor like I had hoped. See that little finger indentation on the icing? That's my friend Ammie's ...

1. I never really cooked at home before I got married, but now, I do, and Bong and Kara love whatever I cook, and that’s what’s most important to me 2. I love kissing and cuddling, so whatever chance I get to kiss and cuddle my children, I grab it. And yes, I LOVE doing this too with Bong. 3. I ...

The light of my life is, lately, a total pain in my ass. My God, people, this child is testing every possible limit, and I am tired of the high drama going on at Casa de Tere. The problem is two-fold: 1) he is too much like me in temperament, and 2) my patience quickly diminishes to shit, which is c...

Well, I guess I pushed it a little too hard yesterday. We ran errands, did carschooling, and went to choir class from 9am until nearly 4pm. Then after we ate cereal for dinner (I was way too tired to cook), my mom and I decided to tackle the boy's room. We sorted a box of Legos and arranged all of h...

Last time I did a belly shot I was barely 6 months, I guess? It was early December. Now I'm barely 8 months... give or take a few weeks. This photo was taken at 31 weeks, but the baby was measuring 33 or 34 at my sonogram/doctor appointment. So... either he's a Viking, like I suspected... or the due...

Seems like an eternity since I posted in here... even though it was last Friday. The weekend was a buzz of activity. This little bee is tuckered out. We had a scrapbooking night at our house for co-op (and got nothing much done besides brainstorming and making a mess), helped friends move (and ate l...

Seven years ago tonight, was the most exhausting and excruciating night of my life. After a lifetime of imagining what becoming a mother would be like, I met that moment terrified. As I wept and clung to the shrieking, bloody body of my tiny son, I understood both the euphoria and the terror of a mo...

It is hard to believe that this photo was taken less than 6 years ago. That's my sweet little girl. She was such a mama's girl. Now she's everyone's girl - she loves people. This photo has nothing to do with Christmas... but it reminds me of how short our time is - that these moments we have each da...

I can't help it. I don't mean to be this way, but I swear it was the way I was born. I was an over-achiever kid, teen, adult and it has wormed its nasty head into the way I take care of my kids. I have a hard time saying no, I thrive off stress and that "hurried" feeling that in some strange way mak...