Lessons in Surviving The 1st Year!

Today is my baby girl’s 1st birthday! I can’t believe how fast this past year went. And how much I have learned. I thought baby number two would be a breeze – I was an old pro – right?! WRONG! This past year pushed me to the edge as a person more than any year in my life…

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Redefining Romance in Parenthood

I was thinking about Father’s Day the other day and almost had to laugh out loud at how MUCH our lives have changed since we became parents 4 years ago. I mean, what did we DO before with all our time? It also got me to thinking about how much my idea of romance has been so drastically redefined since having our two kids. Things sure are different now, but I couldn’t imagine it any other way. So this is a personal post in honor of the daddy in our house this Father’s Day!

I met my husband on February 20th, 1998 at Malarkey’s Bar in Newport Beach by the jukebox. I wasn’t supposed to go out that night. I was nursing a broken heart and crying to the Titanic CD in my room. No joke.

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Dear Sweet Child Letter Box

Today is my daughter’s 4th birthday.  I don’t know if this is normal, but every year on her birthday I get very emotional and sentimental!  The day she was born was a day that changed my entire life.  And, one of the three best days of my life.  I never knew such a love existed before I had kids.   Or, such joy.

I am starting a tradition today that a family member shared with me….

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