“I’m PREGNANT!” Probably the most exciting words a woman can ever say. From the very moment you announce your exciting news, the advice comes rolling in. But you really don’t know what to truly expect…until it happens to you. Time goes by so quickly and you suddenly find yourself in a hospital gown, watching your […] Read more…
Let’s be honest. Being a Mom is hard. Throughout the day you put on several hats as you transition from personal assistant to taxi service to professional sanitation specialist. It can be a pretty messy business. Finding yourself knee deep in diapers and laundry can cause you to wonder how the other “perfect” moms manage […] Read more…
“Where is your shoe?” I asked as I closed my eyes and took a deep breath lifting her into the car. This was now the third time in three minutes that we lost track of something. First it was my keys that I let her play with {mistake number one} as I was grabbing some snacks […] Read more…
Twin pregnancies are special and have some important gear and item requirements that help expecting parents manage their bundles of joy. Twins come with special requirements so that parents can properly care for two infants simultaneously. Here are five must-have items to keep your pair of babies happy and healthy. Photography by Brittany Busk Photography […] Read more…
I looked around the house and it looked like a war zone. It was the end of what seemed to be the longest day of my life. I tried to clean up after each set of toys were dumped out of their individual buckets, but I had obviously failed. Somehow, the little two-year-old was much […] Read more…
I love being a mom. I also love reading articles about other women’s experiences and admiring all of the different ways that you can actually be a mom. I think that is one of the best things about being a mom – that there are a million ways to be a good one! When you […] Read more…
Being a mom is something else! It’s an experience that is really hard to explain in words. I have tried to find one word that describes motherhood and have come to the conclusion that it is: EVERYTHING. Everything easy and everything hard. Everything happy and everything crazy. It is everything exciting and everything exhausting. It […] Read more…
Almost everyone is well acquainted with different carpet cleaning tricks that are more or less helpful when it comes to struggling with nasty stains and odours. Some people prefer professional carpet cleaning while others trust different homemade recipes but what about your little baby starts crawling?Babies often tend to be more sensitive towards all those […] Read more…
Our house can be kind of a circus when it comes to bedtime. Yours too, huh? Glad I am not alone. I love to watch my husband as he runs around jumping on beds and pretending to be Super Man with our two-year-old. Nobody can make her laugh as much as Daddy. You know that […] Read more…
You’ve seen them. The “perfect” moms all over the internet. With their picture perfect posts on social media and homes full of Pinterest worthy decorations, it is easy to get lost in comparison and wonder what you are doing wrong or if you are even doing anything right at all. As you long-fully gaze at […] Read more…
I was 25 when I first became your dad. Your mom and I had been trying for years to make our little family grow. There were lots of highs and lows, but nothing would prepare me for the pure joy that fatherhood would bring into my life. When I held you, my little princess, in my […] Read more…
The struggle is REAL! Whether you are a stay-at-home mom, working-at-home mom or a working-outside-the-home mom, you KNOW the daily struggles a mom experiences! In just one day I documented the struggles, I, a mom of a two-year-old going on seventeen, went through and this is a documentation of it. I am POSITIVE I am […] Read more…
Seriously – how do moms do it? How do some moms creatively do so much and magically find all of the extra time in their day, that you seem to be misplacing under the mounds of laundry and crusty cheerios? You know the moms I am talking about – every day they gracefully float through […] Read more…
Let’s face it. If you’re a mom, you live a busy life. Keeping up with family or professional commitments can be exhausting, and many moms feel like they have little time to spend on themselves. However, sneaking in the chance to treat yourself during your daily routine is both easy and important to do, because it can have a strong […] Read more…
Have you read the “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” books? We love those books. Today, I decided to write my own short story in that style. I call it “If a Mom Tries to Make Herself Lunch.” Ahem. Photo by Brittany Busk Photography If a mom has had a very rough day, she […] Read more…
I like reminders. I set out notes to remind me of important things I need to do. I send myself emails to make sure I don’t forget something I’ve heard or seen. When I go places I love {or hate} I like to take something as a reminder of what I felt or something I […] Read more…
I bet you could be a millionaire. If you were handed a dollar every time you were asked “When are you going to have another baby?” Wouldn’t you be one? Oh mama, I have been there. In fact, I AM there. As a mom of a three-year-old, I get asked almost daily this simple question. It […] Read more…
“It’s a girl? Get ready for your wallet to get a lot lighter.” “You think she’s throwing tantrums now, wait until she’s a teenager.” “Man, I feel sorry for you. You’re going to be outnumbered.” When we first found out that we were having a girl I had mixed feelings about it. The stereotypical teasing from […] Read more…
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