I knew that the experience of having my second baby would be different from the first, but until Charlotte arrived,…
Currently
Looking skeptical of her bee antennae Working // On Halloween costumes for Emma and Charlotte! Emma is going to be…
Screen Time, Revisited
I was very interested to hear last week that the American Academy of Pediatrics is considering revising their guidelines for…
Day in the Life
Time for a fall edition of DITL — and this one is certainly different since I’m on maternity leave! Being…
Pumpkin Patch 2015
(Previous years: 2012, 2013, 2014) Jose was off work and Emma’s daycare was closed yesterday for the Columbus Day holiday,…
Emma-isms (#12)
Writing her first and last name! Not bad for a 3-year-old! — A ramble before bed one night: Emma: “Maybe…
Currently
Wearing // This maxi skirt that I got at Target earlier this week. (Mine is black and gray as seen…
Mother’s Rings
A few weeks after Emma was born, I went to the jewelry store and treated myself to a peridot necklace…
Interesting Elsewhere
When should you give up on who you said you wanted to be? | Lonnae O’Neal, Washington Post We have…
October Goals
I’m fighting the urge to set a long list of goals…and thus I’m forcing myself in the opposite direction by…
October Quilt Pattern: Broken Zig Zag
March 2020 Update: This pattern has been revamped and expanded. Find it in my shop. It’s October, and here’s the…
1 Month
Dear Charlotte, Hooray, you are here! And whoa, you have been here for a whole month already! I’d been told…









