World Breastfeeding Week is August 1-7. During this time, and National Breastfeeding Month, is when we celebrate and support mothers who are breastfeeding their babies and to promote awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding. I fully support mommas giving their babies the nourishment they need ...
Advice for the future fire wife
J's always known he wanted to be a firefighter, so you could say that I married into the fire service. He's a fourth generation and I knew early on I was in for a crazy ride. I mean, how many families swap gory stories over the dinner table? Being a firefighter’s wife isn’t the easiest thing to do. ...
Welcome to parenthood
They say you're never really ready for your baby's first sickness, but I didn't realize how very true that was. Liam decided that for his first time being sick, he wouldn't deal with the small stuff. We don't do things halfway in this house, apparently. It started Tuesday afternoon, when we ...
Six Months
Six months old. I'm a momma to a six-month-old. I hardly believe it myself. Just the other day, I pulled out his newborn photos and he hardly looks like the same baby he's grown so much. I just know I'm going to blink and I'll be walking him into his first day of kindergarten. Okay, now I've gotten ...
All the firsts
You're six months old, little man. Time has just flown by. It seems like you were just a tiny six pounds, two ounces, but already you've far more than doubled in size. Being your Momma is such the best feeling in the world. Sometimes, late at night and after you've been asleep for hours, I have to ...
The house-buying debacle of 2013, part 2
If you missed part 1, you can find it here. So where did I leave you? Oh, right. Scrambling to find a new house and trying to figure out what we'd do if our apartment complex needed us to move out. House #3 was the dreamiest of them all. It was a short sale, but we decided to take a peek at ...