What a week. My last post brought us right up until just before our hotel lost power and Hurricane Sandy's gargantuan breadth was beginning to descend. My naivete blared in the title of that post, predicting a paltry 48 hours of this nightmare. We are currently...
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The last 24 hours have been intense, to say the least. I suspected that our building would be evacuated as it was last year during Hurricane Irene, so when we finally got the order to pack up and leave I had been expecting as much. Of...
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I was pretty confident going into this last pregnancy with Beau. It had been over two years since I had been pregnant the previous time, and my biological clock was working overtime. Jack and Zoe were born 19 months apart, and having them back to...
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The following article was written by my friend, MGC contributor, and blogger Wendy Bradford of Mama One to Three. Not only am I a supporter of Every Mother Counts, but I am also a fan of Ergobaby's products and use their baby carriers nearly every...
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After Jack was born, I had a really difficult time breastfeeding. It was painful and I was stressed and sleep deprived for months on end, a viscous cocktail that finally lead to a bout of post-partum depression. That was a very difficult time. When Zoe came...
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Zoe Theodora gracefully twirled her way right into her fourth year of life late last month. This birthday came on the heels of Jack starting Kindergarten and Beau beginning to walk. The fact that she is is a little girl amongst her brothers makes the proverbial...
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The thing about being a parent is we tend to share our secrets. In our tight circles with friends, it's easy to discuss what has and hasn't worked for us in terms of products, activities and other parenting trials. Out in public with strangers though,...
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As I get older, many things are beginning to really come into focus in terms of what is important to me, how I want to spend my time and money and with whom, besides my children, I want to share moments with. Becoming a parent made...
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As my children have started leaning towards the older end of the small child spectrum (sounds sort of silly when they're only 4 and 5 years old, but bear with me here), it's been so interesting watching their transformation from babies into little people. With...
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A wise lifelong New Yorker once told me that the secret to living in Manhattan successfully is to leave often. So very true, and yet, not quite as easy as you'd imagine without owning a car. One of our hardest transitions into city life was getting rid...
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Living in New York City on a very set and scheduled four year stint has been 99% wonderful. Though living in the middle of the city is truly magical and fabulous, there are a lot of things about life with three children in a little...
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I sat down at my computer last night and went to upload a billion and a half photos from my iPhone and SLR. Unexpectedly, the following video showed up in my Flickr stream via my iPhone: (please excuse the vertical frame. sigh.) I probably watched it 8...
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