Warding off teeth and tigers

Gage cut his first tooth at 2 months old. Yes, two months old. At the time, it was like receiving a suicide note hand written in blood from my nipples. Paul is now 3 (and a half, can’t forget the half) months old. He’s suddenly showing some serious signs of cutting his first tooth. Gallons [...]

stale oatmeal brain

I entertain the idea of writing blog posts all the time. In fact, I often write full posts in my head, while I fall asleep at night. They are the best posts. The most thought provoking. Change-your-world type writing. In my head, my words moves people. In reality, brain is like oatmeal that’s been made [...]

HomeBaby

Paul will be 5 weeks old tomorrow. Yes, I’ll be completely cliche and just go ahead and say it: Where did the time go? He’s growing up too fast. Make it stop! Many have asked what the hardest part of this new transition has been for me. Simply put, not being able to leave the [...]

Big bellies make beautiful babies

Paul is 3 weeks old today, which means my body has been postpartum for three weeks now. Four weeks ago today, this was my body: I love this photo. Big, beautiful, and full of baby boy. No doubt about it, [...]

A (Super)Bowl of ice cream is just as good

It’s the week of the Super Bowl, and this year, it’s in my city of Indianapolis, less than 5 miles away from my front door. It’s all anyone can talk about, if you live in the Circle City. Since I’m a bucket list kind of girl, anytime I get a chance to do something out [...]

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