Summer Fun Happy June! The boys have one last week of school, and the sun is starting to come out more. This can only mean one thing. Summer fun is about to begin! The boys are very excited to get their bikes out, run through the sprinkler, and stay up late. If only that meant sleeping in too! While I want my boys to have plenty of summer fun, I also like to keep some … [Read more...]
Practice Makes Progress and Other Life Lessons
Practice You've probably heard the phrase "practice makes perfect" through the course of your life. However, perfection is pretty hard, if not impossible to attain. So, instead of setting myself and my family up for failure, we're going with a new phrase around here: Practice makes progress! There has been a lot of practice going on around here lately, and I wanted to … [Read more...]
Family Traditions: Starting, Continuing, and Letting Go
Family Traditions I've been thinking a lot about our family traditions lately. We just celebrated the twins' seventh birthday, and with that, tons of emotions come to the surface. It reminds me of the things we did to create a new normal in our lives when they were born. I've also been thinking a lot about memories. Things that made me happy, things that made the boys … [Read more...]
Life Changes: How to Roll with the Punches
Life Changes Life changes all the time. I'm not sure when it happened, but I've been finding these changes really hard to deal with lately. I guess I'm not the carefree girl I used to be. Who am I kidding? I don't think I've ever been that girl. Sure, before kids, it was easier to go with the flow. There weren't as many moving pieces or giant responsibilities. Now that … [Read more...]
Unexpected Discoveries: From Pregnancy to NICU
Unexpected Discoveries From finding out you are pregnant to complications that arise, unexpected discoveries can happen during any part of the pregnancy. The NICU is also a place where you never know exactly what to expect. Throughout my twin pregnancy, I discovered that doctors don't know everything and unexpected discoveries happen more often than we make think. They can … [Read more...]
