Category: A Mommy’s Life

This weekend, the greatest upset in college football wasn’t USC’s win over 3rd ranked Utah or Georgia Tech beating #9 Florida State.  In fact, it didn’t happen on a football field at all.  It happened …

Yesterday, after dropping hubby’s car in for service we decided to head to the beach for the first time with Pipsqueak.  It was an awesomely beautiful day and we all had a little fun in …

Call me crazy but I’ve never let having a baby stop me from going about my life.  Sure, I try to take the time necessary to recover and do my best to take it easy …

This is my diaper bag, my glorious Irish Rugby backpack that we have toted all over since we left Dublin over three years ago (we actually bought it at the airport giftshop the day we …

I’m a half-crunchy mom. I prefer to give birth in my bathtub but am not anti-vax or against mainstream medicine. I breastfeed well past a year but don’t buy only organic or GMO free. I …

It’s a phenomenon I’ve noticed over time: with each baby added to the family, I’m a little later getting places.  Now with 4, I think I’m destined to always be late getting places and it’s …

Usually when we are having a hard morning at home, I try to get out of the house.  Sometimes we get lunch or head to the library or the park but I always try to head …

My parents went home on Wednesday and hubby isn’t starting his paternity leave until next week which has left me with three days to manage all the kids completely on my own!  We’ve been doing a lot …

My journey being a Huffington Post Blog contributor has certainly been a wild ride.  My first few posts got little attention but the last few have gotten quite a bit of action (though still far …

Five years ago, I posted this picture to Facebook with the caption: “Wow, 8 years and look what we have to show for it!” It was eight years since hubby and I had met and …