We have boy overload in our house. I have not been quiet about the obsession with baseball here. Well, fortunately for everyone, we have nicely transitioned to football. It’s sports city here about 90% of the time with a few super heroes thrown in and the occasionally fixer up tool situation. One thing that is definitely lacking is girly time. […]

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The idea of a loved one developing a disease or illness was always a fear. After having children, the idea was so devastating that I felt that I needed to do all I could to avoid that. There isn’t much control a parent has from avoiding inevitable truths but if there was something I could control, I was going to […]

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I realize that I’m a glutton for punishment, but it doesn’t make the situation any better. I wanted Gabby to walk so much. I practically willed her to walk. I hated, I repeat…I HATED, crawling. It seemed like once both my kids were crawling they were never satisfied with being held and always wanted to drag their bodies along the […]

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I haven’t blogged in a few days. Mostly because I was super busy. I’ve been busy atoning for my sins. It was the holiest day in the Jewish religion, Yom Kippur. From sundown on Friday until sundown-ish on Saturday, I fasted. I did not do this happily, rather I was a crabby, miserable human being but I did it. Of […]

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Naps are heaven here. I’m sure naps are vitally important in most households too. I take napping VERY seriously. Mostly because my kids have never been good at free play, nothing good comes out of them chilling on their own. So the only way I can ever get anything (and I mean anything, considering I can’t really talk on the […]

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Have you ever noticed how each stage of a child’s life brings different challenges. I have gone through so many of the typical and not-so-typical 0-3yr challenges. Of course the spectrum of challenges only increases as they get older. It seems like the bigger they are, the bigger the challenges. Gabby started out as my easy child. It wasn’t too […]

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When a man and a woman love each other, they buy a car together. When a man and a woman love each other, they buy a house together. When a man and a woman love each other, they have children together. When a man and a woman love each other, they get a minivan to drive their kids around together. […]

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Women learn at a very early age the power of a flirt. They pick up on how charming it can be to be coy. Women learn how to properly handle men by throwing a cute, tenderness their way. Gabby has mastered the art of flirting. At first I suspected that it was normal, cute baby behavior. But one by one, […]

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