This is not a club you want to belong to. This is not a club you want a membership for. But this club brings...
A fellow blogger recently posted a meme: "Whatever you're most scared to write about...write that." I saw that and thought, wow, how appropriate: It reinforced...
But, the not so obvious benefit to 13 years between kiddos is the opportunity to learn from my mistakes. This, my friends, is the golden ticket. A crystal ball, if you will.
Many couples have the luxury of choosing when they want their baby to be born. Those lucky fertile women that can family plan and...
As a child, I had a vivid imagination. Fireflies were fairies dancing, elves were always up to mischief, and I was destined to be...
Like many women, my second pregnancy has been vastly different from my first. Yes there are more aches and pains, yes, my belly got...
While newly pregnant with our second daughter, I was gifted a large open-topped picnic basket in a beautiful teal paisley print. Besides our backyard...
Disclaimer: I am not a lactation consultant or a doctor. If you are having problems with breastfeeding, please seek help at your local La...

Who’s on First?

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We recently shared the news with friends and family that we expecting a baby, expanding our family to five (six, if you count the...
Welcome to the word vomit version of my most recent birth story, well, more birth recovery. Buckle up. We all envision that perfect, blissful,...
Dear (soon-to-be) Mama, Whew. Take a breath. You just received a life-changing phone call, a call that quite literally felt like a needle popping...
I thought the hard part about returning to work would be leaving my baby for 9+ hours a day. I had spent the weeks...
Here is my truth: The first two weeks of my second daughter's life were some of the darkest and scariest days I've ever experienced....
  Dearest Daughter, Hi, it’s me. Your mom. I’ve been wanting to write this down for some time now but couldn’t quite find the words...until now....

In + Around Indy

See Circle City: Creek Stomping Around Indianapolis

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Growing up in the late 1980s and 1990s, I loved playing in my local park's creek. That kind of unstructured play is something I...