Dear Caroline, You are two years old! I have to say, I loved a lot about the baby stage. I loved the never ending cuddles, I loved holding you while you slept in my arms, I loved all of your firsts- your first smile, first laugh, etc. There is something about the toddler phase that …
Mama’s Organized Chaos
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’ll be taking the rest of this week off of blogging to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving with family, and to celebrate Caroline’s 2nd birthday. Time really does fly by. It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital being induced (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving), and looking out the window to see …
Our Pediatrician’s office sends out surveys for us to answer prior to some of the big well checks. I just recently got the 24 month surveys to fill out. These surveys are just that- questions. There is no indication on them as to what milestones your child should have reached, but one can only assume …
We were so happy with the Mother’s Day Out program that we did last year, that we decided to do it again. I have to say, I am even happier to have Caroline in it at the age she is now! She’s getting a chance to try new things, interact with other children, and new …
Holiday cards. The holiday cards now are so personalized, yet so standard and unpersonal at the same time. Instead of a cute dog with a santa hat on and nice personalized message handwritten inside, we personalize them with our photos. We send them out just to check off a list. We no longer write a …
Caroline: “Mama, boots” Mama: “Yes, Mama is wearing boots” Caroline: “Caroline boots, too” Mama: “Yes, you are wearing boots, too” Caroline: “Caroline, up” Caroline looks at a little boy: “Up, too” Mama: “Yes, he’s climbing up the ladder, too” Caroline: “Dark blue” as she points to my dark blue t-shirt Mama: “It is dark blue, …
If you visit a Babywise discussion group around daylight savings time, you’ll see all sorts of questions surrounding how to make the change smoothly. You’ve finally set up the perfect schedule with your child, and them BOOM- time change to mess it all up. I get it, it’s frustrating. On the other hand, some moms …
I honestly didn’t know what to expect on Halloween. Caroline is really shy around strangers, so I wasn’t sure she’d enjoy anything about knocking on someone’s door, and having to talk to them. I’d been getting her excited about her costume, and made it her favorite character from Daniel Tiger, but also envisioned that it …