“I bet she just lies around the house all day, eating Nerds, and making G do all the cleaning.” “She probably drops Kate off at daycare and spends her days shopping.” “I wonder if she spends hours organizing Kate’s onesies by size and color.” “I bet she never showers or puts on clean clothes. That’s
One essential ingredient to getting your newborn to sleep well is room darkening shades. Around Kate’s fourth month of age two things happened–we moved her to her crib and she started becoming more aware of her surroundings. I decided it was a good time to get some room darkening shades to help Kate with her
1. S’mores The G&D household kicked off this month with our annual 4th of July party which included one of my favorite treats–s’mores! I set up a s’mores stand in our backyard by the firepit and guests had their choice of honey or chocolate graham crackers, and Hershey’s milk chocolate or Reese’s peanut butter cups
When Kate was two months old I read something in a parenting magazine that I still haven’t been able to get out of my mind. It was the advice column and the question was from a new mom who was feeling miserable. Seeking support, she joined a mommy/baby group but all the other mothers there
Time never went by so quickly before I was a parent. Kate is now six months old (six months!) and still as happy and cheerful as ever. Over this past month (at five months old) she has just begun taking an interest in Chase (our greyhound) which has been so much fun to see. All
Allow me to introduce you to my current favorite piece of jewelry: A handmade, distressed sterling silver necklace, personalized with my daughter’s name from the Etsy Shop Jewelry by Katie M. My friend Jill introduced me to Katie M’s jewelry after her son Brady was born. We were chatting at her house and all of
845 ounces of breast milk. For those of you who have ever pumped an ounce of breast milk in your life, you know what that number means. That is endless hours strapped to a pump. It is countless hours of lost sleep. It is an never-ending sea of pump parts and breast milk storage containers
1. Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred Admittedly, this is more of a love/HATE relationship. Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred workout DVD consists of three 20 minute strength, cardio, and ab workouts. All you need are hand weights, a mat, a bucketful of sweat, and a vocabulary guaranteed to make sailors blush. So far I’m only
The litte CEO of our household at her Command Center: Kate: 5 Months
“People just say that so you don’t question paternity.” Said by me to G as part of our ongoing debate on who Kate resembles the most, after he said, “More people have been saying she looks like me lately.”
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