by Amy | Dec 5, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood
My husband and I have a long-standing disagreement: I’m madly in love with babies. He wishes our kids could be born at 2-years-old. Maybe it’s a woman thing, but how can anyone not be obsessed with babies? Sniffing their fuzzy duckling heads while they snuggle...
by Amy | Aug 31, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood
How do you know when your baby has become a toddler? Some would say it’s when they begin walking and talking. I’d say it’s when they start making mischief. The other day, I was home with Chloe (16 months) and my mother-in-law. We stepped outside...
by Amy | Aug 2, 2016 | List, My Family, Pregnancy
I’ve been pregnant, trying to get pregnant or nursing for most of the past six years. So rather than owning and occupying my own body, I’ve been renting it out to some rather unruly but very adorable tenants. At 15 months old, Baby #2 is still on the...
by Amy | Jul 13, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood
I knew two kids would be harder than one kid. I just didn’t know why. The problem is car seats. With one kid, the car seat was installed in the center, and I could extract my daughter from either door, whichever was most convenient. Now I’ve got the...
by Amy | May 23, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood, Siblings
I think 89% of you read this already via social media, but I liked this post and wanted to make sure it got to the anti-Facebook crowd. You should see me with the baby. I kiss and cuddle, hold and rock, murmur and nuzzle. Every interaction with her is sweetness and...