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This is my 500th post. Recently Mr. Sandwich wrote something that started out as a message to me, but we both agreed that by the time he was done, it had become something that we wanted to share here. And… Read moreGuest Post: Mr. Sandwich
I had such big plans. I was going to nurse. There would be no sugar water or formula in the hospital. I would breastfeed throughout my maternity leave and pump after I went back to work. That’s not how things… Read moreIt’s Not Rat Poison*
Thanks to Off Duty Mom for giving me the Liebster Award! In the spirit of sharing the love, and sharing the links, here are some blogs I’ve been enjoying lately: Along the Yellow Brick Road Bulldog and Baby My Brown… Read moreThe Liebster Award, or a Linky Post
Meagan Francis’s post “Confessions of a scrapbooking dropout” on Babble.com got me thinking about my own love-hate relationship with the activity. And to start with, “hate” applies to the mental energy it requires, not to the process or results. In… Read moreAdventures in Scrapbooking
11 Tips for Surviving Air Travel with Kids on Frugal Mama We’re just holding off, because we don’t want to be that family that gets thrown off the plane when Baguette won’t stay in her seat. Easy recipes that kids… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
Baguette doesn’t always want to kiss us. But when she does, she’s very egalitarian. I’ll say, “Can Mommy have a kiss?” And sometimes she ignores me. But sometimes she says, “Mommy kiss!” and gives me a kiss through her pacifier…. Read morePublic Displays of Affection
Mr. Sandwich and I started talking about baby names pretty early in the pregnancy, just a few weeks after we found out that we were expecting a girl (which was quite early, because we did CVS testing). Here were our… Read moreBaby Names
Baguette was born in April, so my first Mother’s Day was, like every other day, filled with New Mommy Exhaustion. But Mr. Sandwich wanted to make it special for me, and gave me all three things that I asked for…. Read moreTraditions: Mother’s Day