I have so many parenting books, I think I could rent out a shelf at Barnes and Noble. There are a bunch that I’ve decided I’m officially done with. They are good, but not appropriate for me anymore! 1. What To Expect When You’re Expecting 2. Parenting Baby Must-Haves 3. The ABCs of Breastfeeding 4. The Nursing Mother’s Companion 5. The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems 6. Healthy...

Mommy, I am going to climb up this ladder all by myself. Look at me. I am going. I am climbing. Ohhhh, this is not as easy I as thought it would be. Can you just pick me up and put me on the slide so I can go down. Oh forget it, I am going to do this. I got this. Yeah, watch me, Mommy. Looook!

Jax and I are sitting in bed watching The Backyardigans and eating Cheerios. He has a small bowl and I have a big bowl. He says to me “Hey, why do you have a big bowl? Why don’t I get the big bowl?” So I responded “Look at the size of me compared to you.” And he says “Because you are bigger, you get the big bowl?” You got it, son! So then he proceeds to say “When...

Looking out from where I stand, it is so big, so new, so curious. Look at the blue sky and all those puffy white clouds. Oh wow, an airplane just flew by.  Look at the tall green trees with all their leaves dancing in the wind. Ohhh and the birds. There’s a bird. And another. Tweet tweet tweet. Oh look, some lizards. Hi Mr. Lizard. Bang, bang, bang go my hands on the glass door. Can you see me? Can you...

Today was a big day for us. Jett turned 1 almost two weeks ago and has been standing on his own, cruising, and crawling like the speed of light lately. We’ve been wondering when he’d muster up enough courage to take that first step. This morning, we went to a massive playdate and Jett got a kick out of the baby’s shopping cart. We have a few push toys, but they are so low to the ground that...

Today is my son Jett’s first birthday! I can’t believe it. It is crazy how fast time goes by and how one moment you are just a couple, then you have your first baby, then you have your second baby and your lives are so intertwined and you forget what it’s like to have ever lived without them.  I love watching my boys grow and seeing them delight in the new experiences of every day life. ...

My son, Jett, is known for his hair. He came out with a full head of spiky black hair which was lucky because we had imagined him as a rockstair in utero and had his name picked out for months. It just fit him. We couldn’t go anywhere without being stopped so that people could question, comment and even touch his hair. I got so used to it after a while that I didn’t even think twice when strangers...