Girl’s Life

This holiday weekend for me marked the official beginning of summer — graduation parties, trips to the park, sleeping in and lounging around (yes, even with a baby it happens from time to time.). I love this time of year. It’s beginning to warm up, but it’s not too hot yet. Not quite the dog […]

Yesterday was my 29th birthday, (insert any number of “this is the first time you get to turn 29″ jokes here) and what a fabulous and contemplative day it was. Sometimes on my birthday, I look back on the previous year of my life and wonder where the time went and what things I have […]

Chris and I have this dumb game that we play. It’s called Name the Punk Band, and it basically entails one of us inadvertently saying some random phrase during a conversation and the other person saying, “Dude, that would make a sweet punk band name.”
Some examples of the bands we’ve created: “Sand Covered Skivvies”, […]

I was reading Cool Mom Picks yesterday, a great blog that touts itselft as “just a few moms that track down cool stuff so you can stay busy being fabulous.” I can get behind that. I love the busyness of being fabulous. Anyway, the post that I came across was a review of Allison Friedland’s […]

Happy 8 month birthday, Sophia!
Wow, the time has been flying. You’re becoming more of a kid and less of a baby every day. And instead of being too sentimental about it, I’m actually enjoying every minute of it. Despite your new sense of independence these days, you still have some of your adorable “baby” qualities. […]

So I read a ton of parenting blogs. One might say I’m a little addicted. I can never seem to keep up with my feedreader. There’s just so much information out there. And so much great dialogue going on. One of the main reasons I love reading fellow parenting blogs is that it makes […]

In the craziness that is my life as a working mom, it’s easy to forget the true pleasures of a simple life. C’mon — there are clothes to wash, emails to write and blogs to post. But Chris and I do stop from time to time to remind ourselves that our life together is great. […]