Habits

We fold the toilet paper over or under.  We wipe the top of a can of soda before taking a drink...or maybe we bend and twist off the tab.  We wake up naturally or we set an alarm.  We bite our nails, tap our foot or maybe we sit cross legged on top of a stool. Everyone has their habits.  And I think the sum of your habits define who you are.  Pay close attention to the little things that someone does time after time and you start to get a sense for their personality.  Are they organized or flighty?  Are they...

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Kids are gross

Children change you.  They change your body, your relationships and most definitely your definition of what is gross.  I know people that gag at the site of boogers/poop/pee but as a parent you are literally in the shit at all times and I think your gag reflex just totally shuts down.  Please enjoy this list of really gross things that have happened to me recently and probably more than once.  I have no shame.  Just...

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Bringing Sexy Back

I've always struggled a bit with wearing clothes and accessories that I would call "my style."  I've spent a lot of time in life worrying more about how flattering (or unflattering) a particular item of clothing might look on my body and this has kept me from wearing a lot of things that I might actually like. I've also always had a difficult time with the concept of being very feminine.  Femininity in my brain is very closely associated with being "girly" and that's just not something I identify with.  However, when I was younger...

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To maid or not to maid...

I was lucky enough to have off yesterday in celebration of Veteran's Day.  In my pre-baby life I might have slept in, had some coffee and breakfast while reading a magazine or watching TV and laid around all day basking in the glory that is laziness.  If you were able to do that yesterday, good for you!  I am jealous. What did I do?  Well, daycare was open so Knox still went to school.  I had to fight some intense mommy...

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I wasn't a natural

I've always been good with kids.  Kids and dogs.  I babysat all through college and after and even briefly worked at a daycare in NYC.  I am just the type of person that loves kids.  The type making silly faces at your kid in the line at the grocery store and trying to help a total stranger on an airplane sooth their crying baby.  Oh, and the type that picks up/chases every stray dog that I pass and tracks down the owner.  So, when I got to that appropriate life stage for having kids I was super confident.  I...

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My Breastfeeding Story

Warning: breastfeeding involves some references to my...breasts (gasp) When I was pregnant, I read multiple articles and book chapters devoted to breastfeeding. However, like with most of motherhood, I'm pretty sure I had my blinders up and only focused on the potential good/easy parts. It's natural, right?  How hard could it be. Then I actually had Knox and there I was, trying to feed him...and crying through it. I remember mostly pain from those early days. There was so much pain in the beginning and I left the hospital with cracked...

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Winnie the Pooh quotes to save Monday

I love this post and wanted to share a few of my favorite quotes from Winnie the Pooh that I think could also change the world.  He's very wise, that tubby old bear. And one of my personal favorites, a quote that keeps me going when I'm told I care too much about the happiness of others... xoxo, Ashley ...

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