by Amy | Feb 12, 2012 | Babymaking, My Family
Dave and I are thinking about baby #2, so I’ve started gearing up. I cut back on caffeine, loaded up on vitamins and dusted off my trusty Clearblue Easy ovulation monitor, just to make sure everything’s in good working order. Every morning for a week, I peed on a...
by Amy | Feb 6, 2012 | My Family, Parenthood
Dear Everyone, Now that the baby is one and starting to understand English, you’ve got to stop using the F word. Please, I beg of you. Stop calling yourselves FAT. For the next 17 years, kindly refrain from referring to your perfectly lovely body parts as muffin...
by Amy | Jan 28, 2012 | List, My Family, Parenthood
1. When the baby appears to be doing math in her head, she’s pooping. 2. Mirrors are magical to babies. But new moms should avoid looking in mirrors at all cost. 3. People will tell you, “It goes by so fast!” Those people do not remember what the first...
by Amy | Jan 23, 2012 | My Family, Shopping
When the Fed Ex guy noticed Viv’s new tooth, it occurred to me that I might have a problem with online shopping. It started innocently enough, when I was pregnant and on bed rest. Immobilized, the only way I could finish outfitting the nursery was to let my fingers...
by Amy | Jan 17, 2012 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
When my brother and sister-in-law were planning their New York wedding, they spent marathon weekends scouting potential venues, 10 at a time. Armed with a multi-page checklist, they left no gazebo unturned. They locked down a site, DJ and photographer before news...
