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The First Vomit

March 27, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Flashback 2 yrs. ago:  My son had his first “real” vomit.  We were spit-up champs for sure (seriously, positive we could have won a national title or something), but this was definitely different.  At 8:30am, my husband had already left for work.  Obviously, being a new-ish mom, I panicked, threw my 8 mo. old in […]

Filed Under: Sickness

2012 London Summer Olympics

March 26, 2012 By Meredith 2 Comments

124 days until our beloved Games roll out…but who is counting?  For someone who is hopelessly non-athletic, my obsession with the Olympics is fanatical and endless…Not sure exactly where/when it started, but I recall that one of the #1 things that attracted me to my husband 14+ yrs. ago was when I discovered he was […]

Filed Under: Favorite TV Shows

It would be so much easier to have kids…

March 25, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…if you didn’t have kids.  Please tell me I’m not the only one who has ever thought this.  I shared this belief with my husband once, and he (of his scientifically logical ilk), was off-put by the illogic.  Despite the apparent Catch 22 (if I didn’t have kids, I wouldn’t need to take care of […]

Filed Under: SAHM Life

Etsy

March 24, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Crap.  I’ve got a new obsession.  How did I even discover this one??  All I know is, somewhere between my Mom (who adored daffodils) dying and seeking thus-appropriate daffodil-themed jewelry to pang at my sister’s and my hearts, I am a full-fledged Etsy card-carrying member.  At the side I have pictured a couple of the […]

Filed Under: Mommy's Favorites, Online Shopping

Things That I Have Actually Said

March 23, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

It occurred to me recently that it may be not-normal to say things to my husband such as, “I understand that you are not maliciously trying to ruin my life with sippy cups, but…” This made me start thinking about bizarre things I say to the younger members of my family and thought another pop […]

Filed Under: Babies, Psychotic Dog, Toddler Talk, Young Kids

New Furniture

March 22, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

I (Heart) my new chair…How did I ever become cool enough toown an “accent chair”?!Slightly taken with myself right now, sorry… My dog will never forgive us.  He DESPISES change.  Here is what happened: our elderly neighbors from our apartment complex of 7 years ago gave us their old recliner before they moved out.  Who knows […]

Filed Under: Messy House, Mommy's Favorites

Downton Abbey

March 21, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

We have a Situation on our hands, all 30-somethings.  PBS went and rolled out a knock-out Masterpiece Classic TV series (move aside, childhood fav The Princess and the Pea with Liza Minnelli) that has all of us procreating-age people reeling.  At first, I just thought my husband and I were super “on-trend” (albeit 3 seasons […]

Filed Under: Favorite TV Shows

Toddler Playdate Phenomena

March 20, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

I feel like we’ve hosted enough of these recently that I have become aware of some recurring playdate phenomena.  No, not the expected typical “your child will flock to whatever toy another child is playing with even though he has ignored it for the past 3 months” or “your child will inevitably be the only […]

Filed Under: Toddler Playtime

Neverland Nook Needs…

March 19, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

I have been waiting for an opportunity to make a direct shout-out to my beloved fellow bloggers, Sabrina and Leslie from Neverland Nook.  Their grab button is on the side of my blog, but their awesomeness needs to be directly called out.  These women have an amazing and fun Etsy shop where they sell homeade […]

Filed Under: Blog Stuff, Mommy's Favorites

“There is a Time…”

March 19, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…for everything under heaven”  Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.  Regardless of how you roll religiously, almost everyone knows this verse, “A time to live and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot…” and so on.  This has been on my heart lately b/c there are a lot of things I haven’t been […]

Filed Under: Faith

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