I’ve decided to change things up a bit with Kate’s monthly posts. To date, I’ve been titling her posts with the month number that she just turned, but reflecting back on the previous month’s events. So when Kate turned 6 months old, for example, I posted a blog titled “Kate: 6 Months” showed her in
After writing my recent “day in my life” post for The Domestic Wannabe, I decided to check out the other moms’ posts on her blog to compare notes and make sure I wasn’t screwing things up too badly with Kate–and that’s how I was introduced to Emily and her “Embrace the Camera” challenge. The concept
Kate turned 7 months old earlier this week! Here’s a look back over the past month when Kate was 6 months old: The month kicked off with Kate’s 6 month pediatric appointment where we discovered that she is currently 28 ½” long (99.5th percentile!) and just shy of 16 lbs (38th percentile). Kate’s weight has
It’s been four months since I returned to work, and this post is something that still feels a little too soon for me to write. Too difficult. Too raw. I question if I have the right words to accurately capture what returning to work and being apart from my daughter felt like for me, and
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
