DIY Chevron Wall

April 18, 2013

I live in a small apartment. We have two bedrooms, one tiny bathroom, a galley kitchen and an open living/dining area. We’ve been considering selling and moving into a larger place, but B and I can’t really figure out what where we would want to go. For now I think we’re going to make our [...]

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Join Me For a #TotTravel Twitter Party

March 25, 2013

When we were a family of three we traveled quite a bit. I’ve flown to Tennessee with The Nut several times each year. At the end of 2011/beginning of 2012, we were away from home (in five states) for more than fifty straight days. We’d pretty much learned the ins and outs of traveling with [...]

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Ordinary?

March 19, 2013

Recently my friend Sarah and I were talking about how quickly our babies are growing. She told me I should watch a video she had seen on facebook. “The Gift of an Ordinary Day.” Sounds harmless enough, right? The clip consists of photographs of a woman’s family as she reads along from her essay, noting [...]

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Dear Mom

March 17, 2013

Dear Mom, I was a cute little kid, so I hear. I was a total ass of a teenager, this I know. I spent the brunt of my twenties in disarray but you never gave up hope. You knew there was good stuff to come, even when I didn’t. At the age of 29 I became [...]

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The Life of Pie (Part Two)

March 11, 2013

We arrived at the hospital around 2:45am. I somehow managed to register myself, though I do remember giving the intake clerk my phone number instead of my social security. We were taken to Labor&Delivery and my mom says I declined wheelchair assistance. I changed into my gown and settled into a bed. I must have [...]

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The Life of Pie (Part One)

March 8, 2013

My pregnancy with Pie was far from easy. I had several miscarriage scares early on and then experienced symptoms of preterm labor from 21 weeks on. The remainder of the nine months was spent hoping she would stay in place long enough to be born healthy and strong. Hence the irony when at my 34 [...]

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baby makes four

March 6, 2013

I’ve been absent from this blog for many months. My little family seems to be easing into a groove and I actually feel as though I might be able to return to this place of sharing, remembering, and savoring publicly. On November 6, 2012 we welcomed our little Pie into the world. He nickname was [...]

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The Bedroom Shuffle

September 10, 2012

The Nut is not a reliable sleeper and never has been. Blah blah blah… broken record. In preparation for Baby, I’ve been racking my brain regarding all things sleep in the very limited space of our NYC apartment. Where should she sleep? How do I help create a better sleeper? How do I limit disruptions [...]

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The Gate Pass

September 6, 2012

I’ve been flying alone with The Nut since she was three months old. We make several trips to Tennessee each year and B isn’t usually able to join us. This leaves one mama to move one kid and a plethora of crap through the airport. Solo. Meet the gate pass. This mysterious, magical thing that [...]

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The 4Moms Breeze… Review and Giveaway!

August 22, 2012

Baby #2′s approach is imminent. She will be in here in less than three months. As we wrap our minds around that, we’re also trying to figure out where exactly we are going to put her in our very NYC (read miniature) apartment. One thing we know is that she’s probably our last baby and [...]

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