by Amy | Jan 27, 2013 | Celebrities, My Family, Parenthood
The other night, Dave and I got sucked into Kim & Kourtney Take Miami. As always, the Kardashians really made me think. On this episode, Kourtney had recently given birth to baby Penelope and Kim was annoyed by her formerly partying sister’s child-centric ways. ...
by Amy | Jan 22, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood, Vanity
Call me a hypocrite. No, it’s okay, I can take it. I write about how we need to be kind to ourselves and never trash talk our weight in front of our kids. And then I go and use the F word on myself. Loophole: Viv can’t read yet. So until she can,...
by Amy | Jan 16, 2013 | My Family
While cool kids strive towards ever more advanced, portable and tiny phones, I just bought the most gigantic, tethered landline I could find. That’s right, we’re talking to you corded. Call it kitschy, retro or ridiculous, but I love my new wall phone, just like...
by Amy | Jan 10, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
At my first day in Mommy & Me, I made a new friend. We seemed so much alike; both of us were bubbly blondes and first-time mothers to 3-month-old babies. We even shared the same alma mater. “What year did you graduate?” she asked, as excited as I was to find...
by Amy | Jan 3, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
Viv turned two today, and since I’ve learned so much during the past two years about good parenting, I gave her cupcakes for breakfast. Then I ran her around the park for a couple of hours, hoping to burn off the sugar rush. But she was still high as a kite when...
