Questions Answered With First Response
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for First Response. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. I recently wrote about the 10 pregnancy symptoms I had before I knew I was pregnant and it stirred up a lot of discussion because it seems that just about everything can be a pregnancy symptom. I [...]
How Do I Know I am Done Having Babies?
J and I always wanted a big family. We were in agreement, but we never set a number. It seems for a lot of people they have always known exactly how many kids they wanted, but I never did. Yet, here we are at baby number 4 and suddenly I know that I'm done. This is actually SJ. I don't have a sono of [...]
Are Unexcused Absences Ever Excusable?
I take school and academics very seriously, but I am not opposed to missing a day every once in a while even when the reasons aren't related to death or illness. Maybe you've seen some of the headlines in the news lately. Mike Rossi is a dad who wrote a very passionate letter to the school's principal which then went viral. The letter came [...]
10 Ways To Feel Loved and Adored By Your Spouse
(originally posted on November 11, 2013) Imagine your husband brings home a rare painting in an ornate frame and he wants to hang it up in the living room, but you can’t find any nails, or hooks. So you try to put this heavy piece of art work on the wall with some double sided scotch tape. It is not going to work. [...]
Ten Pregnancy Symptoms I Had Before I Took the Test
I have so much suppressed details to write about this pregnancy. Three months into it and I have not blogged about any maternity stuff, other than the announcement. That might not sound like a big deal, but I have a chronic case of documentia. It's a disorder that I made up to label my impulse to document everything. So I do plan to [...]
Mothers Are Like Clocks
Long ago, before we even had children we bought this large clock for our kitchen. It actually set itself automatically and changed when the time changes twice a year. It was just a simple analog clock, so I never did figure out how it could adjust the time like magic, but it was faithful to do so. The clock moved from Texas, to [...]