Even to this day, I look at the clock at 7:00 AM and immediately think about women sitting anxiously in a doctor’s office waiting...
I have two children. My two children are Weslie Vivian Beaven and Stephen Eric Beaven III a.k.a. Trey. Cute, right? Before you say anything,...
You know that diaper commercial where the new mom is making guests bathe in hand sanitizer and is using a nursing cover and doing...
I had my first child at 28, and am pregnant with my second at 35. There were many reasons I decided to wait to...
I am not a patient person. I basically asked my husband (then boyfriend) if I could move in with him. (We did.) Not to mention the...
I've always been a planner. But when it came to family and having kids, my planning never worked. My husband and I had talked...
At just a few days shy of 30 weeks pregnant, I’m positive that I’ve hit my Don’t Give A @!$# Phase. I remember having...
February 7th-14th is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 1 in 110 babies are born with a heart defect and I didn’t realize this until...
The story of your birth is your favorite bedtime story. The best part is the end, when I crawled up onto the bed on...
It’s 3:00 a.m.
My toddler just woke up screaming for me.
I am acutely aware of my large belly and swollen feet as I drag my...
We're often told that we have to give up so much when we become mothers. On one hand, I agree, on the other.. NOPE....
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...
Waiting and Thoughts of the Door to the Left
I have always liked this office, the receptionist is ultra friendly, the magazines are always newer,...
When I started our IVF medications, I held my breath for a rainbow. Through the retrieval and transfer, I am not sure I ever...

























