Lil T is now officially a “big boy”. 
Or so he says.
Big-boy bed?  Check.
Potty trained?   Check.
A mouth that is always on auto-pilot and doesn’t stop yapping?   Double check.
But these aren’t the only thing that makes him a big boy.  Nope.  According to my son, you’re not a big boy until you can sleep with the bedroom door [...]

Dear Beanie,
Three years ago today, my life changed forever.  I was given the greatest gift ever imaginable.  You. 
I still remember the fear I felt, the excitement I felt, and the love I felt when I first held your little body against mine.   That same fear, excitement, and love has grown stronger every day.  From that very [...]

There’s never a dull moment when you have a preschooler.  Something as simple as lunch can turn catastrophic.  And today, we had a near catastrophy.
It started out to be a normal lunch.  Ham and cheese sandwiches,a side of Veggie Straws and a cup of juice.  All was going well.  Lil T was playing with his [...]

Dear Motherhood,
You are cruel.  You have kicked my butt since Day 1.  You’ve definitely made me “earn my keep”.  You’ve brought out my vulnerability at times, but yet you’ve shown me strengths I never knew existed in me.  You have fine tuned my creative side and sharpened my humor in more ways than I’d ever expected.  And [...]

It’s strange how the weather can sometimes correlate to your mood.  Or is it the other way around?
Sunny days bring happiness and boundless opportunities.  Cloudy, dreary days seem to be filled with hopelessness and emptiness.
Well, today is a cloudy day.  A very cloudy day.  Hopelessness and emptiness…that’s how I’m feeling today.  As I sit here and stare [...]