Dear Blue Cross Blue Shield, Thank you for having not one, but two very nice ladies available to help me over the phone today. I now underst...

Dear Little Bean, I think you need a new name. I'm not sure what it's going to be yet, but Butterbean just doesn't fit you. You,...

I hover. It comes naturally to me. A smidge of control freak mixed in with an annoying amount of always being right sets poor Little Bird up...

Dear Butterbean, Next week we find out if you are a boy or a girl. I'm very excited. If you are a boy, then I have a lot less work to do...

After my oldest dog, Chelsea, died in December, Bird seemed to lose interest in dogs for awhile. The other dogs are so much bigger than Chel...

He's taunting me. I leave the front door open to let in the sunlight through the storm door. When I walk by, he doesn't budge. He da...

Because I don't want to forget this moment . . . I'm sitting in the living room watching my children play. Lovely is shaking her hai...

Little Bird has been sporting a mullet. I know this and admit it willingly, but I have been loathe to cut it. It curled up in the back, and ...

Dear Butterbean, You aren't even here yet, and I already feel like a failure as your mother. By this time in my pregnancy with Little Bi...

I don't want to sleep there, I'm not particularly interested in peeing there, and I certainly don't want to cook there, but I do...

My brother and I grew up about a mile from on set of grandparents and just across town from our other grandmother. We saw them regularly. Sp...

We're back. I know, you missed me and didn't even know I was going somewhere. Well, I did. We just got back from spending the week i...

Today is our third anniversary. Three years ago today, Kevin and I jumped head first into marriage. The months preceding our impromptu nupti...

This year, I'm sitting out BlogHer. It doesn't have anything to do with the conference - BlogHer is terrific. It's also terrific...

This week isn't going to be as much fun for Little Bird as last week was. Last week, his big sister was tracked out of school and was ho...

I know I haven't posted in over a week. I was totally wrong about being over the plague last time. It was just some weird two hour break...

Hello. Just back from the other side of the plague. Taking one more day to recuperate, but I finally feel well enough to even type. It was t...

Tonight we toured another hospital and met a group of midwives. They were lovely, and the hospital was alright. I don't think it's w...

I like for my drawers to be neat. I like for clothes to be put in the exact same place every time. I like to fold my underwear. I like to or...

On the rare occasion, I have to admit that I've been wrong. Today is one of those days. Craigslist isn't always entirely a pain in t...