What defined me before I became a mother? Was it my job as executive director of a non-profit organization? Was it my private piano studio? ...

Have you seen Away We Go? The movie where Maggie Gyllenhaal plays the crazy attached mama? If you are like me, and hate to watch video w...

Tomorrow morning I'm headed to the TypeAMom conference in Asheville. The reason I started blogging was to have an anonymous place to ...

To My Dwindling Posterior: While I appreciate your willingness to return to pre-baby size and shape, I would like to remind you that you we...

I talk about boobs a lot. I realize this. Even before I was so passionate about breastfeeding, I talked about boobs. I've gone on and on...

Dear Colin, Yesterday I could feel the rough top edge of one of your bottom teeth where it had finally broken through your gum. Teething is ...

Okay, so I'm not really going to teach you how to move a grand piano yourselves. Because you shouldn't. Just don't even try. Cal...

It's been a busy week. Colin has had a cold, which for him, means large amounts of projectile vomiting whenever he wakes up. Fun fountai...

Dear Person Who Randomly Unfriended Me, I blocked you. Because I always thought you were weird anyway, and now that I don't have to pret...

A few months ago, I switched the boys to cloth diapers . I got a lot of advice from friends, and something that Kara said stuck in my head....

Usually I fall on the side of treating Twitter like an online cocktail party. I breeze in and breeze out at my leisure, joining in conversat...

This is our anniversary cake. Each year, I order a small cake that was like our only slightly larger wedding cake. It is a lemon cake with a...

I think I've probably screwed my oldest kid up. He's only 2 1/2, but I'm pretty sure that I've taught him how to yell, how t...

Stupid computer. Just ate my post. Probably for the best. I'm too tired to rewrite it, and it probably would just be pissy now instead o...

I have a picture of both boys nursing in tandem. It shows the top of their heads, the bottom half of my face, a whole lot of boobie, and the...

Last week, the boys and I headed to North Hills to get our stroller fixed and buy me some new sunglasses so I could be guaranteed to find my...

I looked and looked for these pictures of Christopher to post right next to matching ones of Colin last night, but since my pictures are sca...

Seriously. Have you ever seen anything as cute as this? The six month old huge happy smile is by far my favorite part of babydom. Those thig...

Last night, Christopher sat in the tub and played with his toys. His toys were using their angry voices as he splashed them around yelling, ...

As a follow up to yesterday's post, I'm expanding a little bit on what exactly we want for Congress to consider. I didn't go int...