Part of the reason things have been so quiet around here is that the Family-in-Training — Daddy-in-Training, Mommy-in-Training, Miles, Emmett, a bullmastiff, a pug, and a Lynx Point Siamese cat — recently moved from Central Virginia to West Central Florida. It was a 14-hour drive with two babies, two dogs, and a cat that literally meowed. the. whole. time. I’ve never… Read more »
Dear Miles and Emmett, Twelve months ago today, I hadn’t met you yet. How is that possible? Because these days, and the last 364 days, I have breathed you. I have worn you and held you and rocked you felt you and loved you and breathed you every moment of every day, and it’s hard to remember what life was… Read more »
At 7:15 Monday morning, I left my house for my first-ever week-long work trip, and the longest I have been away from the boys since their birth. It’s horrible. I miss them so much that it literally hurts. I physically ache for them. I feel like I am missing a limb and there is phantom pain where it once was…. Read more »
Throwdown Thursday is a biweekly-ish feature wherein we discuss controversial parenting topics. Respectful disagreement is welcome in the comments! Have a request for a topic? Contact us with your idea! I keep seeing moms referring to their baby girls as “divas” and I’m like, seriously? She’s not a diva. She’s a BABY. Unless she’s actually a celebrated female vocalist (the… Read more »
The first six weeks or so after my twins came home from the hospital were a level of exhaustion and insanity I have never known, and do not ever wish to know again (although honestly, having another set of twins in the future wouldn’t be the end of my world — don’t tell Daddy-in-Training). I routinely cried in the middle… Read more »