My Shy Little Guy Goes to Gymboree

Two weeks ago we took Jasper to a free preview class at the “Little Gym” (a gymboree type knock off that is twice as expensive and not as much fun.) It was EARLY on a Saturday morning and we got…

My 15 Minutes of Podcasting Fame

I was updating my ipod with my latest podcasts in preparation for the gym this weekend when I saw it: “Mothers Online“, the newest podcast from New Moms New Babies featuring  - moi!

My heart started…

Take a Look on the Bright Side..

No really, literally look at the bright side project today.. it’s featuring a giveaway from Charmed & Dangerous (my little site with my mom) today!

BSP

Know what else is cool? The prop room of Brother’s…

Mastitis

I was hoping to be able to post some pictures and a bit of a recap of the party, but Iwoke up in the middle of the night with a raging case of mastitis. The lack of sleep + stress…

Jasper’s One Year Photo Book!

I never bought a traditional baby book – you know, the ones that have a few blank lines where you put in the date of baby’s first everything?  I had this pie in the sky idea that I would digiscrap…

Let’s Discuss: Crisis in Kindergarden, The Disappearance of Play

I recently read an excellent article by Peggy Ornstein in the NY Times about her search for a Kindergarten for her daughter. It is an eye-opening read that pretty much sums up everything that I think is wrong…

Father’s Day in Pictures

The pictures are much better than the reality.  I can’t really get into it, but let’s just say that I shouldn’t be surprised after my horrible mother’s day that father’s day would be similarly crappy, particularly given the…

What to say…

I spent the whole morning and a good part of yesterday wondering what I would post today… like my mood, the idea of what to say changes almost by the minute. Sometimes anguished, sometimes resigned, sometimes angry, sometimes philosophical –…

Yessir, That’s My Baby!

One of the most exciting things about being an expectant parent is just wondering what this little being will be like, not the least of which is who will he/she resemble?

In our case, the popular consensus has awlays…

Happy Mother’s Day

That was the highlight of my otherwise totally craptastic Mother’s Day.. there were nice gifts from Jeff & Jasper, but the rest of the day/weekend consisted of:

1) Just when things were going well, a complete re-disappearance of milk supply…