Everyone is eager for summertime to arrive – especially after a harsh winter. Who can't wait for shorts, t-shirts, lemonade, backyard BBQ's and the beach? I LOVE summertime but find it extremely stressful as a family of six, with two full-time working parents, to find summer help for my kids that is both safe and fun. Daycare camps are far too [...]
There are many times in this journey through motherhood that I find myself wishing I was a better mother. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way. Sometimes I see mothers who are so loving and nurturing and understanding and I wish I could be more like them. I definitely think there is no perfect way [...]
My husband oh so graciously reminds me that I always said I wanted four children, of course that was before I had the first one. I do remember not wanting to have only two children because at the time, in the neighborhood where we lived, EVERYONE had only two children. I didn't want three children either because it's an [...]
It took us almost a year to get pregnant with our first child. I was under the impression that since I was the one getting a yearly exam and the person who was in charge of the birth control for nine years that my husband Rob would be the one to get tested first for [...]
It was my first ultrasound for my third pregnancy and there were no parking spaces in the main parking area at the doctor’s office. My husband dropped me off at the front door because he didn’t want me to be late. I went in while he went to park the car. They called me [...]