by Amy | Sep 16, 2013 | Celebrities, My Family, Parenthood
Last weekend, Dave and I had a very special date night planned: popcorn, Netflix and the couch. What’s better than that? The movie of choice was Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, the based-on-a-true story of Hollywood teenagers who robbed the homes of their celebrity...
by Amy | Sep 8, 2013 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
We’re 10 months out from our wedding (frightening to read that back, since that time frame implies I should be, um, planning something?), so I decided it was time to start training our daughter to be a flower girl. Certainly, that would be easier than any of...
by Amy | Sep 3, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
When I go to the dentist, it’s a horror show. I’m so scared, I usually cancel 2-3 appointments before committing. Then I’ll pop whatever expired pain medication I can find in my medicine cabinet and weave my way over there on foot. It hurts like...
by Amy | Sep 2, 2013 | My Family, Pregnancy, Shopping, Sponsored, Wedding Plans
I know we live in a digital age, but I still love to hold a photo in my hands. It feels more personal. More meaningful. Have you noticed this? When you bother to print out a photo, it’s that one shot you love enough to frame, rescued from a sea of...
by Amy | Aug 28, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
My 2-year-old daughter Viv has the most beautiful hair. Too bad she won’t let me touch it. A hairbrush might as well be a machete by the way she runs screaming: “No mommy! Not my hair!” When Viv first resisted my efforts to comb out her easily tangled mop, I thought...
