The baby recently celebrated his very 1st birthday. We’ve been very busy planning a move while working full time, and having the little one’s birthday became another source of stress for me. How were we going to mark the occasion? We don’t really have any parent friends with kids of the same age, so how […]
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Visiting the Santa Ynez Valley in Southern California
I had the great pleasure of attending a wedding last weekend with some of my best friends in the world in the Santa Ynez Valley in Southern California. I am now absolutely smitten. Lush green hills, close to the ocean, and a sea of wineries and tasting rooms to last you well beyond the current […]
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Fixing My New Mommy Funk
I read a blog post this week that led me back to my central reason for starting a blog. How do I keep myself from getting lost in mommyhood? I have been doing an awful job of this recently. Mommy guilt has set in on numerous occasions, I can’t remember the last time I […]
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What NYE in Miami Taught Me
Miami is not exactly a destination that screams “Let’s bring the baby!”, but that’s where we ended up spending the New Year’s holiday, first at a hotel in South Beach and then at a private high-rise residence in midtown for NYE and the fireworks. We really like to travel for NYE and see no reason […]
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There’s Breastmilk in my Vitamix
Something to think about if you’re ever invited over for daiquiris. There has been quite a bit of breastmilk in my Vitamix as I have begun my baby food-making experiment. I have been rather unsuccessfully starting my 6-month-old baby on solid foods for the past two weeks or so, and while the results […]
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Why I Will Not Be A Soccer Mom
Before I ever entertained the idea of having a baby, I had determined that there were certain things about myself that I would never give up if I were to become a parent. Many of these thoughts occurred as a single person observing people I was determined never to become (often stereotypical or self-described Soccer […]
