I don’t claim to know everything about newborn babies or breastfeeding (despite what my Mom believes) but I do know what has worked for me with my two kids. For Me: My #1 favorite item to surviving the newborn phase is my iPhone. I use it while nursing in the middle of the night to… Read Full Post

It’s been 12 days since my sweet daughter was born and I am just now getting to sit at the computer and write down the story of her birth. Sorry it’s so lengthy, but this is my baby book and I don’t want to forget anything. Having a planned cesarean section is much different than… Read Full Post

This year has been an eventful one for us. We found out we were expecting baby #2 in February  and decided to sell our townhouse due to our expanding family. We got very lucky and a really nice couple fell in love with our townhouse a month after we put it on the market and… Read Full Post

I was a sorority girl in college.  My Mom encouraged me to join Rush as a Freshman.  I think she was concerned that I was going into a school with 44,000 students not knowing many people after graduating with 21 other students in my Senior class*. Thirteen of us had gone to school together since… Read Full Post

I’ve decided to write about my birth experience and emergency c-section because I read negative things every day about c-sections, especially on Twitter.  I spend a lot of time on Twitter.  My love of Twitter grew right after Jackson was born.  I joined twitter before I was pregnant and turned to the site for support… Read Full Post

I’ve been working on my writing my birth story and two days, four pages later I’ve realized it is entirely too long and detailed for a blog.  I’ll give you the condensed version of my pregnancy and birth story. BC Man and I knew we wanted kids and after being married for a couple years… Read Full Post