Writing Thank You Notes: Really? Do I have to?
Holy cow will I be writing thank you notes forever?! It seems like it never ends. Wedding, baby showers, baby gifts, birthday gifts, Christmas presents. Im not actually complaining about peoples generosity; I am floored by how generous people are, and hope I am as generous in return.
Bringing Newborn Home to Toddler
I am coming up on my daughters first birthday and I find myself reflecting over the past year and all that I was feeling this time last year. A year ago my son was 18 months old and all he knew was mommy had a giant belly that was great for doing belly bumps. He was too young to understand that there was a baby that was about to come into our lives. At 18 months he really only had about 50 basic words (if tha
Have Kids Will Travel : Best Invention for Airline Travel
I want to tell you about this ingenious invention for airline travel. I have a 2 year old and a 10 month old. We live in Chicago, my parents live in Toronto, my husbands parents live in South Carolina and our siblings are all over the place. We are inevitably on a plane for every holiday (Canadian and US) and what seems like a couple of weekends a month. There are two concerns for me when I
Making it through the H1N1 flu – my first hand experience
I cried when my husband told me that he had had H1N1 for the previous 3 days and it had not been just a bad cold that had kept him quarantined in our room for 2 nights hacking away. Yes, I felt badly for him, but I was terrified for our 9 month old and our 2 year old who hadnt been able to get the vaccine yet.