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For Mother's Day this year, my son brought home the cutest piece of artwork from his school. It was splatters of colors painted on a miniature piece of canvas, with a black cutout of his face, in silhouette form. It was the sweetest gift, and made me teary eyed. It was such a true representation of his profile- his long eyelashes, his cute little turned up nose and his chubby m …

When I was pregnant with my first child, I assumed that my husband and I were going to find out whether or not we were having a boy or a girl. And then he told me that he didn't want to know. "How will we know how to decorate the nursery?" "How can we buy baby clothes?" "How can we choose a name if we don't know what we're having?" …

I am hoping that I can get through this post without having to make a run to the bathroom. Why? Because I just found out that I am expecting my 2nd child, and I have been quite the queasy mama these last couple of weeks. I had a much more "active" stomach with my first pregnancy, but this one is more of a tease. I can't decide which is worse! But the thin …

One of my favorite things to do lately is ask my son about animals. His room has an animal theme, and we have been reading books about animals for several months. He is finally at a place where he is starting to connect the dots and correlate the different animals to their sounds. My favorite of his impressions is the elephant. He sticks his arm out for the trunk (just like I t …

Lately, my son has been very clingy. If I am not holding him, playing with him or watching him learn new things, he makes his way over to me and grabs on at the most convenient place on my body. Don't get me wrong, I love my little guy so, so much and I love that he needs me. But sometimes I feel smothered and I want to say to him, "mommy just needs a few minutes of alone time. …