growing up

Not Your Typical Milestone

Thanks to the broken tooth, Cordy had to break her string of only visiting the doctor once a year in…

17 years ago

Haiku Friday: Counting

A surprise talent:Mira can count to fourteenWhere did she learn that?Although she is hard tounderstand, the numbers areclearly there for…

17 years ago

Last Day of School

Today was Cordy's last day of preschool.After typing that last sentence, it took me 15 minutes to continue this post.…

17 years ago

Haiku Friday: Comparisons

I know it's bad tocompare your children but Ican't help it at timesMira often wearsCordy's hand-me-downs and Ilike the differencesThis…

17 years ago

"Early" Intervention

It's been six months now since we took Mira to a Help Me Grow screening for her speech issues. At…

17 years ago

This Is What Happens When You Watch Too Much Bollywood While Pregnant

Give Mira a sticker, and you've got a 90% chance of it ending up in the same place every single…

17 years ago

The Journey To Sisterhood

Yesterday I read a post by Liz at Mom101 that made me think back to the early days of when…

17 years ago

Bribes, Baking and Potty Training

Cordy is nearly four and half years old, and is still not potty trained. Yes, throw all your tsk-tsks at…

17 years ago

I’m Not Ready For This

Yesterday, while volunteering at Cordy's preschool, her teacher let me in on a little tidbit of Cordy's school life."She's got…

17 years ago

How A Bendy Straw Nearly Made Me Cry

Sometimes in parenting, it's the small victories that mean the most. Today we had one of those moments:That's Cordy, drinking…

17 years ago