I was just reading Vanita’s post “Where did my feminity go?” and felt inspired to follow up on that topic. As mothers, we tend to put ourselves on the back burner while tending to the needs of our family. I know I’m guilty of doing that more often then I should. Just recently I got promoted to a higher position at work and needed to make some changes to myself for this promotion. I’ve let myself go a lot since I had my daughter…

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that the past few nights have been really difficult for me. My daughter has been having a difficult time sleeping and I haven’t really been able to narrow down what’s causing this… until last night.

I love my little girl to pieces and one of my favorite things about her is her love of entertaining people. It doesn’t matter if we’re home, at a relatives house, or at our local Starbucks. It doesn’t even matter if there’s music playing, she’ll make her own! She’s only 21 months and already she can carry a tune and follow dance moves pretty well for a kid her age. I swear, she’s a dancer in the making. Read more…