Why is it that every time I begin the official process of sleep training, my little one will suddenly, out of no where and completely out of character, decide to sleep through the first night? Why? It gives me such a false sense of accomplishment. And pride. Because, look: my baby slept through the night [...]

We took the girls to the stock show this afternoon. For those of you who might not be familiar with this, I can best describe it, in all of my midwestern ignorance, as a big fair where there are horses and cattle and ropes and cowboy boots with spurs and chaps and ten-gallons and, well, [...]

Coco is coming up on 10 months, in just a few days. It’s hard for me to imagine that when I first started writing this blog, she was a mere five weeks old. She was tiny and sweet and she slept. My God, did she sleep. For hours and hours. And while I know that [...]

Pea loves to go through my purses. Not one of my favorite things for her to do, because it usually leaves me with a missing credit card, a lipgloss without a cap and an open pen that’s going to mark up any and everything of importance in my bag. For Christmas, her grandmother gave her [...]

I used to use this lip balm by Nuxe that I’d order directly from a little pharmacy in Paris. I’d order several jars of it because it was about $6 and it was incredible. And then, high-end American beauty shops started to carry the line, and suddenly, it was over $20 a jar. And that’s [...]

About a month ago, Pea’s aunt, uncle and cousin took her to some big indoor entertainment place on the other side of Dallas. They played games, rode a merry-go-round, ate pizza and won prizes. But the piece de resistance? The train ride around the parking lot. She’s been asking for the last week if we’d [...]

My husband, poor guy, is determined to “win” the toothbrush-sharing debate. So he has asked me to please clarify the situation by adding in the statement that he asked me which toothbrush was his. He swears I said “the red one.” This is not entirely accurate. My husband talks. A lot. And I like silence. [...]

I have hurt my husband’s feelings. But really, it’s his fault. He used my toothbrush last night. And that is a big no-no in my book. As I was getting ready for bed, I picked up my toothbrush and noticed it was wet. So I did what any normal person would do. I went fishing [...]

So Pea is really into dressing herself these days. I’ve put up pictures before on Flickr of some of her choice outfits, but here’s a reminder: And yes, for the record, we did let her out of the house dressed like this. It falls under the category of “choose your battles.” And if you knew [...]

This little bear is going to be the end of me. I swear it… She was a Christmas present from Coco’s grandmother. When you squeeze her paw, she sways back and forth and sings “Baby of Mine.” I assumed it was a lullaby, of which I am not really a fan. I’m more of a [...]

I did it. I bought the book. I swore I never would. Hated the name and assumed it was about “super-slender vanity.” You know, those women who run around and you see them and think to yourself, “how is she running around? how is she able to get out of bed in the morning?” She’s [...]

Pea was two-years old before she was really talking. From about the time of her first birthday until her second, you could regularly hear my husband and I asking one another, “when do you think she’ll say something? By the time she’s thirteen months? Oh, definitely.” And then one month later, we’d be asking the [...]

For the first two January’s of Pea’s life, she suffered from horrible eczema. We took her to a dermatologist who specialized in children and she, of course, prescribed steroid creams. We didn’t use them. It was just a personal decision based on what we knew that they would do to her skin, after prolonged use. [...]

Pea is in the throes of her first stomach bug. It started about 36 hours ago, and although she seems to be on the mend pretty rapidly, it is scary. She woke up about 4 am two nights ago and threw up a little bit. I changed her sheets and got her back to bed. [...]

I wish I could take the credit for this find. I really, really wish that I could. Because I think it’s that cool. Alas, I cannot. I’m giving the credit where it’s due, and that’d be to Mango Mama, where I came across the link to Carrie & Danielle’s brilliant site. I am determined to [...]