vacation, day 5 or wish you were here »
Today is what can only be described as glorious. We found this amazing little beach on a natural lake that had water that was the warmest I’ve ever been in outside of a bathtub. It was very quiet, just a small handful of people. It’s what I’d refer to as my natural habitat. I love [...]
vacation, day 4 »
While driving back to our hotel from the local zoo today, we were listening to satellite radio and Bret Michaels, from the 80s hair band “Poison” was a guest dee-jay (oh my God, am I dating myself by using that term? I don’t know what else it would be called…) and even though I was [...]
vacation, day 3 »
A good day, indeed. It’s just amazing what a little sleep can do for the soul. We separated the girls last night, Pea slept in the bedroom and went down about 7 and although she woke up at 6 this morning, I’m not going to complain. Coco slept in the living room and she woke [...]
vacation, day 2 »
It’s not going so well today. Last night was a nightmare. Coco was up every two hours, no big deal since she’s teething hard and I know how tough it’s been for her. But we made the mistake of putting the girls in the same room together, somehow forgetting that Pea is the world’s lightest [...]
vacation, day 1 »
So today we left for our first official vacation as a family of four. Traveling with two kids to the grocery store is stressful enough for me, so I wasn’t sure how I was going to handle a two-hour flight up to the mountains. Of course, we were packed a week ago, because I am [...]
patron of the arts »
When I was pregnant with my first daughter, my mother (whom we call GiGi) was so happy (and relieved) she was finally going to be a grandmother that she wanted to just buy us everything we could possibly ever need for our little baby’s nursery. And we pretty much let her. Well, at [...]








