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  • They’re Taller Than Me (Officially)

    They’re taller than me. Or should I say—they’re all taller than I am? However you want to phrase it, half the people in our family are male, and they’ve all officially surpassed me in height! [...]

  • When I Became a Mom

    In a recent blog post, I wrote, "If you see a steady flow of current updates alongside old photos and flashbacks from the kids' childhood, you’ll know that I am processing." So it begins. This [...]

  • Top FREE College Planning Resources

    I've been very vocal about my college search obsession for Z. Some people hire a professional university admissions consultant to guide them through the ins and outs of the process. Me? I’ve unofficially made it [...]

Carter’s Size 8 and More!

By |August 24, 2015|Categories: Babies & Toddlers, Frugal Living, Schooling|Tags: , , , , , , |

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Carter’s. The opinions stated in this review are genuine.  When I mentioned that I was doing our back-to-school clothes shopping at Carter's you all responded with "I love Carter's" "Carter's is the best!" or "Us too!" So maybe I'm not going to tell you anything that you don't already know, which is [...]

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First Week of School 2015

By |August 21, 2015|Categories: Lifestyle, My Life, Schooling, Uncategorized|

I have felt really optimistic about this first week of school until it all came crashing down today. J has had to take over car pooling/kid watching due to me having a fever and barely being able to breath or sleep. So I went to the doc and everyone agreed I need to be on antibiotics now. Even though I don't love having to take [...]

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The Deaf Elephant in the Room

By |August 17, 2015|Categories: Special Needs|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

All of my pregnancies and deliveries have been just about textbook, but there is one aspect of my pregnancy that is unusual. It’s not something I want to make a big deal out of all, but I feel like it should be okay to acknowledge and talk about openly. The proverbial elephant in the room if you will. My entire life I have [...]

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Free Signing Time Video

By |July 24, 2015|Categories: Babies & Toddlers, Frugal Living, Hearing Loss, Schooling, Special Needs|Tags: , , , |

I have great news for you all today! Signing Time has a released a  FREE Back to School Video Download. It's hard to believe that one of the stars of the show (little Leah) is now going off to college in real life! She was 4 when they started the series and so this free download is in celebration of that wonderful milestone. This [...]

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I Fell In Love and Married Too Young.

By |July 21, 2015|Categories: Marriage, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

I was engaged 15 years ago (so I was barely 18) and I got married 3 months later. Statistically speaking people married under the age of 25 are at a much higher risk for divorce. Low income families are too. Short engagements make your chances of success even lower. We were all of the above and then some. Some would call our marriage [...]

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