Family
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Dance, Scouts, and Travel Ball
The adult leader’s attitude will be the most important factor in deciding what activities my children do Out eldest, Samuel, is 6 and preparing to enter 1st grade. Up until now we have had the kids in some extracurricular activities but nothing too intense. All of them have taken swim lessons at the local YMCA Continue reading
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I Hated Breastfeeding… So I Quit
Like most women, I spent lots and lots of time getting ready for the arrival of our baby- birth class, decorating the nursery, showers to collect all of the items needed. One thing I didn’t spend much time on was preparation for breast feeding. Sure, I purchased nursing bras, read a fantastic book that a Continue reading
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Waiting for Baby
Avery and I were married for seven years, two months, and twenty days before we welcomed Samuel. I have written multiple posts about why you shouldn’t ask people when they are planning to have children (mostly because it is none of your business). Now, as a person with a baby, I can safely say Continue reading
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The Baby Question- Part 2
I wrote a post a while back about “the baby question”. Ave and I started getting questions about starting a family the day after the wedding (which was ridiculous to me). For a while folks stopped asking because we made it pretty clear- we were both in very intense graduate programs and there were no plans Continue reading
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Long Relationships and Little Siblings
Someone pointed out to me the other day something a bit scary; how young my baby sister was when Avery and I started dating. So I did the math myself. When Avery and I started seeing each other I was fifteen years old. Emma is six and a half years younger than me. That means Continue reading
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The one holding her bouquet; a twin’s view on her sister’s “I do”
For this post, I asked one of my sisters to do a guest post. The thoughts she poured out are below. Reading through it made me remember something the pastor who married Avery and I said to us during one of our pre-marital counseling session; he told us that one thing that many people overlook Continue reading
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The Freakin’ Baby Question
I apologize that it has been so long since my last post. Life sometimes gets in the way. I hope you like the new look of the blog; I was getting so many posts and comments, I needed a better format to organize it all. So my mother warned me when Ave and I decided Continue reading
Briefcase on the Kitchen Table 