Traveling with a babe; AKA Hell On Wheels

Unless you’ve traveled with a newborn baby, you don’t yet understand the true meaning of “Hell on wheels.” Today, after packing a diaper bag full of onesies, wipes, wash cloths, towels, butt paste, more onesies, and some Mylicon for good measure, my mother and I loaded up the babe (all the while screaming his head [...]

Bringing Sexy Back (Thanks for the Inspiration, JT)

A Warning: If you’re about to go through birth, and you’re not ready for the reality of post-baby body, please diregard this post. When I started this blog, I promised myself I would be honest about everything I went through, even if it’s not all puppies and rainbows. Yesterday, my husband told me I was [...]

I'm having a glass of wine for lunch.

…oh, and some ice cream. Why? Because the ugly thing known as “reflux” has reared it’s head again today. My poor baby woke up at 7:00 and has eaten, screamed, puked, rinsed and repeated until about 30 minutes ago when he finally konked out. My champion napper is asleep for the first time today which [...]

Parenthood Changes You

First, let me say I can’t stand a cynic. You know those people that would say things like, “Why would you want to get married so young? Marriage is miserable after a couple years,” or, “You better get your sleep now. Once the baby comes, you don’t sleep for eighteen years.” It drives me crazy [...]

On Being a Single, Stay-At-Home-Mom

I really, truly realize how incredibly lucky I am to be a SAHM. I thank my husband every day for chosing a career path that provides enough for our family that I have the ability to stay at home with our son while he’s so young. However, I’m also raising a baby on my own [...]

My Wedding

I thought I’d do a little post on our wedding since I didn’t blog when we got married. Tay and I were married on May 17, 2008, in Columbia, SC. I’m Catholic, and we used St. Peter’s Cathedral (beautiful!). We had 20 bridesmaids and groomsmen…typical Southern wedding. Basically, all of Taylor’s fraternity and my sorority [...]

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Surviving the "Six Week Haze"

So now that I’ve warned you about the “Haze”, I thought I should give you some ideas as to how to make it through will keeping your sanity as safe as possible. 1) Understand that it’s ok to feel unlike yourself. You’re going to feel weird. You may feel really, REALLY happy. Or, you may [...]

Being A "Boy Mom"

So, there’s a blogger named Jill over at http://babyrabies.com/2009/12/31/so-youre-going-to-be-a-boy-mom that posted about what it meant to be a “boy mom.” I’m pretty new at the whole mommy thing, but I clearly remember experiencing a moment of, “Oh crap, how do you raise a boy?” See, I come from a family of girls. My sister and [...]

Six Week Haze

“Hey Daddy!” My advice to brand-new mamas…hang in there. Those first six weeks are so hard. So scary. You’re frustrated, exhausted, overwelmed. If you’re like me, you have raging hormones that give you a serious case of the “Baby Blues.” Yes, you’re desperately in love with this new little creature, but at times you may [...]

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