The six-year-old (who is only two weeks away from becoming a seven-year-old.  What is that about?!?) was in a local performance of The Nutcracker this year.  She was a peppermint hoop.  She loves to dance and perform.  She’s been to see The Nutcracker every year since she was three.  So the idea that she got to be in the performance

We can hardly believe that another year has already come and gone.  As we reflect on 2016, we’re happy to share some of the highlights… In February we welcomed our fourth baby, Kid #4.  She was born on February 20 at 6:23 AM.  She weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces and was 20 inches long (we think.  She’s the fourth kid and we can’t quite remember details

I love Christmas cards.  Like, I LOVE them.  A lot.  They’re basically my favorite activity of the entire year.  And yes, mine are Christmas cards.  I know some people are politically correct and send Holiday Cards.  But not me.  We celebrate Christmas and we’re proud of it so I send Christmas cards.  If you’re offended by that, we’re probably not

Everyone knows that having a baby changes things in your life.  There’s really no debating that.  It can be odd, however, when you think about exactly what things changed when the baby came along.  There are some major changes that everyone sees coming – you love the baby more than you even imagined possible, you never get to sleep, you

I don’t believe in engaging in the Mommy Wars.  At all levels I think they’re awful.  I truly believe that moms are all doing the very best that they can and that we should be working harder at supporting one another, instead of judging and tearing each other down.  I’ve always been a working mom.  There was a brief time,

By the time this post goes up, the election will be over and we will have been relieved the of incessant, unending, unnerving, horrible, inaccurate (on all sides) political ads.  Praise the Lord!  I don’t believe in trying to change people’s minds on political issues.  I think we’re lucky to live in a country where we’re all afforded the right to have our

I remember back when I only had one kid (which wasn’t a very long period of time because Kids #1 and #2 are only 19 months apart) and probably for a while when I had only two kids that every time we left the house, I brought supplies for any possible situation.  I had diapers and wipes and changes of

I am a very organized person.  I am Type-A and I like things to be done a certain way.  I’m not a “neat freak” by any stretch of the imagination (although sometimes I wish that I were) but I like everything to have a place and I like everything to always be in that place so that I know where

Mother Nature is one clever lady. Prior to having my own, I had never seen a newborn baby that I really thought was cute. I mean, they’re not ugly necessarily but they all kind of look the same – kind of like a cross between a worm and an alien. They’re all red and wrinkled. They look a little like

Each of my babies has come later than the one before so I wasn’t surprised when the 40 week mark came and went with no sign of Baby #4.  At my 40 week appointment I decided to schedule an induction for the coming weekend.  My doctor was on call and at that point I would be 40 weeks 5 days