Family Love – Page 15

The Beginning of a Brotherhood

I find myself thinking about parenting a lot. Now that I’m back to working full-time and trying to make sure I carve a small chunk out of each day to focus on myself, I often think about how I can be the best possible mom to my boys. I have always tried to be theContinue reading “The Beginning of a Brotherhood”

Hippity Hop

What a wonderful Sunday. The weather was perfect. The Easter Bunny made a visit during the early morning hours. Cole woke up to find a stuffed Easter basket and a lot of eggs. I ran 6 miles on the trails with my new favorite running buddy, Alex. My homemade malted mouse cake turned out great.Continue reading “Hippity Hop”

You say it’s your birthday….

…It’s my birthday too! Yes! I always wake up with The Beatles singing in my head on my birthday. Even better than The Beatles singing to me this morning was the sweet baby boy snoozing on my chest. For the past few weeks, Chet no longer wants to snuggle with his mama in the early morningContinue reading “You say it’s your birthday….”

I survived

Somehow I did it. I survived my first week as a working mama. Some days were easier than I expected. Other days were a lot harder than I expected. Tuesday was the hardest day all week. Chet woke up to feed at 6am, my current wake up time, and he wanted to do nothing butContinue reading “I survived”

Shamrock Weekend – Part 2

I’ve talked a little bit about Shamrock Weekend in 2011 on my blog, but since the blog didn’t exist a year ago it was only referenced. I was on a mandatory 12 week running break thanks to a stress fracture in my femur. The weekend was pretty emotional for me since I felt like IContinue reading “Shamrock Weekend – Part 2”