Hellobee

Nearly ten months in, and I still haven’t finished my son’s birth story. Every time I open the word document to type, I find myself moving my cursor elsewhere, my brain and fingers listless. Nearly three months ago, I came here, announcing a hello, intent on reflecting and sharing and processing parenthood, again, with all […]

Yeah, that’s a bad title/joke. It’s not even punny! Ha! Ok, so. Hey there! How’s your spring going? Here in the DC area, we’re warming up, thankfully, and despite it being rainy and gloomy today, I’m so grateful there are warmer days ahead. Weekends inside with a nearly-five-year-old are no joke; especially with a six-month-old […]

“Mama, I took a nap today. No, I got off my cot one time. Two. Three times. I didn’t nap and I didn’t listen.” This little scene of truth telling – after a minute to remember properly, of course – was my after-work greeting last Friday as I picked my three-year-old up from his fourth […]

Last month, we met my side of the family in Montana for a week of fun in and around Glacier National Park. I spent every summer in my youth visiting national parks over and over again, and I was excited to return to the Rocky Mountain West and expose our almost-three-year-old to some of my […]

Seriously. This wasn’t in any of the parenting handbooks I read. I mean, I get why my baby books wouldn’t tell me. But, hey, Janet Lansbury, you could at least MENTION that one of those behaviors that you’d really like to ‘not let your three-year-old do’ is MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WAKINGS. I thought the […]

The littlest member of our family recently had a fun rite of passage: his first official movie attendance! His school was closed somewhat unexpectedly for half a day on a recent Friday which, combined with rainy weather forecasts, led to the perfect reason to go for it! Prior to having kids, I’d never much pondered […]

An alternate title to this post could be: Me and My IUD: A Love Story. Truly, though, the decision to use an intrauterine device as my method for planning for and managing my family’s growth has been one I absolutely do not regret. I often get tons of questions about my IUD once friends find […]