We have TiVo. Actually, we have several TiVos. Okay, we have one in every room. And it’s not that we watch a lot of television, because we don’t. But once you’ve had TiVo, you cannot go back. You just cannot. I have no idea what stations correlate to what channels any more, or what day [...]

Coco took her first unassisted steps today. Of course, wouldn’t you know it, my husband flew out this morning and missed the big event. He knew he would, too. Mentioned it to me just last night. “She’s going to start walking this week while I’m away.”
They were not the most graceful steps. There were three [...]

It seems to me that the universal theme of bloggers is that they love words, in all their manners of conveyance… books, magazines, newspapers, blogs. Am I right? My husband seems to think so. He gave me a book called “Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to [...]

I am officially not going to complain any longer about what the lack of sleep is doing to my eyes. As of today. Why today? Because this morning is the first day that I used my new under-eye concealer by Amazing Cosmetics. This stuff is, dare I say it… amazing. [...]

I need this stuff. This stuff is magic. It is a staple in my make-up drawer and it’s been getting a lot of use lately. If you can’t get out for a facial, Dandelion is going to step in and in a pinch make you look all glowy and dewy and alive.
But [...]

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. [...]

I love to shop at Target. I don’t know a mother who doesn’t. You can find everything under the sun there, and it’s all going to be pretty chic, too. I don’t know how they manage to do it, get in all of these really cutting edge designers and have them design [...]

When I made the decision a couple of months ago to try and “green” up our lives here in Fort Worth, I stumbled upon an amazing site called Saffron Rouge that specializes in organic beauty and skin care products for the entire family. But I forgot about the site, until I once again stumbled [...]

The weather has finally cooled off here a little in Texas. It’s now down to the 60s. And I have to laugh about that because yesterday, in the girls’ music class, a mom brought her son in and immediately said, “daddy dressed him today, so please don’t think I would send my kid [...]

I have found it! The foundation that is going to give me back at least a small semblance of healthy young skin! If you recall, last month I had a nasty run-in with the rearview mirror of my car and realized that alas! I do not have the right skin to [...]

I used to be a magazine addict. I had a subscription to every conceivable one out there, from “The Week” to “Us” to “Town & Country” to “Vogue.” But when Pea came along, I found it really difficult to actually find any time to sit down and read a magazine from cover to cover, and [...]

I love to give my girls massages before bed. It wasn’t always so successful with Pea, she tended to not want to sit still long enough to enjoy it, but with Coco, it’s a whole other story. She loves her massages. Every night after her bath, she coos and giggles and sighs [...]

My husband found Sophie the Giraffe for Pea when she was a little baby. Right away, it was love at first sight. Sophie went everywhere with Pea, for a very long time. And since Pea put everything in her mouth as a baby (and what baby doesn’t do that?) it was a [...]

One of my favorite things about being mommy to two little girls is dressing them. I just can’t get enough of the adorable clothing that’s out there. And I’m all too happy to spend a little extra for quality, and so continues my love affair with Mini Boden. Their stuff is incredible. [...]

Right after having my second baby, Coco, I made a promise to myself that I was not going to be that mom anymore… the one who lives her life in sweats. Having two pregnancies so close together, I never really got out of my pregnancy pants after the first go-around, with Pea. And [...]