Ages + Stages

Two weeks ago our family experienced a momentous occasion: our 6 year old daughter learned how to ride a bike! The joy! The excitement! The pressure! And so, when my little big girl learned to ride and immediately began...

Ok, you found out you're pregnant. Yay! You've made it through the first trimester {praise the Lord for Zofran!}, you've told family and friends you are expecting, and you have even checked some things off of Jenn's Must-Do list...

When I became a mom, I went through the hardest transition of my life! Within a few weeks, I'd left my full time job, became a stay-at-home wife, and then became a mother.  I was thrown into a new...

Are you and your friends always complaining about not having childcare when you need it? Do you live in an area with a lot of moms? Wouldn't it be great if you had a group of moms who you could trade...

Children don’t come with an instruction manual. If they did, I think parenting may be a tad bit easier! When I was pregnant with my oldest, I was overwhelmed with all the choices available to me. Where was I...

In less than a week, my daughter will turn one.  I have been a mother for nearly a year and I still pinch myself because sometimes I can't believe I'm in charge of the well-being of another person.Being a...

I still remember the last meal I ate with Husband before we became first time parents:        The place: Maggiano's Little Italy at NorthPark;        The meal: lasagna with their delectable tiramisu to finish off the meal; and    ...

I don't know about you, but I seem to get into a rut when packing my kids' lunches for preschool. I end up sending the same things every day- sandwich, Goldfish, fruit. Does this sound familiar? Sometimes I find...

How about this weather we've had lately in DFW?!?!  Isn't it great??? If your kids are like mine, they could spend the entire day outside!  Even though it's their favorite place to be, they have to have a little bit...

Lindsay and her hubby live in Dallas and are expecting their first little one....but they aren't finding out if it's a boy or girl in the oven! Check out Lindsay's fabulous gender-neutral nursery in grey and yellow, and find...

Miles is going to be 20 months at the end of this month, which is just a little over a year and a half to all those without mom-brain-mad-math-skills.  And according to all of the parenting websites, and mommy-blogs,...

The advantage of having four babies in five years is that you can experiment. Having one baby after the other (and the other, and the other) allowed me the chance to observe what worked and what didn’t and try again...