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It’s that time of year again! The time when we are all craving spring, but we still have a good 1.5-2 months left of winter, all the winter stuff is deeply on sale or sold out and the stores are packing in spring goods. It’s a time of year that needs a real name (spring […]

It’s official. We are licensed foster moms! What a whirlwind. I’ll start from where my last foster care post left off. After our successful home inspection and our shopping trip, we set up the nursery and waited. And waited. And waited. It was the holidays and we were busy, but we didn’t hear from anyone […]

The items in my diaper bag keep evolving as the needs of my kids change.  The things I needed for Baby Pizza when she had reflux has recently been replaced with items needed for when I want to feed her solids. It seems like such a long list. I’m amazed that it all fits in my bag! 1. Baby bag […]

I’ve laid out parts of my own path to surrogacy in previous posts. I hope it’s clear that it was not an easy or quick decision for me and Mr. Starfish to choose to go this route, and it involved a lot of soul-searching and difficult conversations. As we weighed the pros and cons of […]

It took a little while to adjust to living in El Nido, but now that we’re settled in, I can see myself living here for much longer than I initially thought. The people are so friendly, the cost of living is much lower, I’m less stressed with the laid back island vibe, there are so many nearby […]

Since the birth of Little Bug, I have been wavering back and forth about the possibility of a third child. I really don’t have my mind made up either way, but it is a strange mental place to be in. I always pictured my family including three children and technically we have two living children […]

We, like the entire Eastern seaboard of the United States, just got a TON of snow. We, like many of you, were so excited to play in said snow with our kid. Snow angels! Snowballs! Hours of fun which would result in record-breaking naps! Ha. This one year old thinks snow is cool and all, […]