As first time parents, G and I were incredibly overwhelmed with all the baby products on the market, and since we both tend to be minimalists (G hates spending money and I hate clutter) we really didn’t want to end up with things we didn’t need. I’ve been asked over and over again to recommend baby
1. Curly Girl Designs My friend Allison and I discovered Curly Girl Designs while shopping cute little boutiques in downtown Madison when she was here visiting me last summer. With their charming messages and adorable little drawings, what’s not to love? I saw a plaque with the above design, instantly thought of my friend Marcia
Ah, December. How can one month be so amazingly fun and magical, yet so ridiculously hectic and overwhelming? She’s a tricky one, that December. Of course when it comes to Things Loved in December there are all my usual favorites: busting our my Mariah Carey Christmas CD, putting up the tree and decking the halls,
1. That it’s OVER! November was filled with tantrums, tears, and vomiting. And that was just me. Kate didn’t have it any better. She got a stomach bug after Thanksgiving and closed out the month battling a week-long fever that hovered around 104 degrees and peaked at 106. It was some really scary shit, and
1. Busy Barns Adventure Farm Kate: 21 Months We took Kate to Busy Barns Adventure Farm in Ft. Atkinson, WI in early October and we all had a wonderful time! The farm features a variety of animals (goats, llamas, bunnies, pigs, horses, etc.) that kids can feed and pet, a corn maze, tire tunnels, hayrides, a
1. A weekend of fun in the sun with some pretty damn fabulous women. Back Row (L to R): Steph, Kelly, Marcia, Allison, Aly, Beth, and KentFront Row: Emily and me In mid-September, some of my favorite girlfriends and I got together in Ft. Myers, Florida for a long weekend of talking, sunning, drinking, talking,
1. Racerback bras. Yes, this is me. I moonlight as a VS underwear model in my free time. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to discover racerback bras! I don’t know what my hold-up was. I guess I just thought they were meant for racerback tops. So not the case! I picked this
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