That’s my smiley boy! Even though Jules is still considered a newborn, he doesn’t feel like that tiny baby I held for the first time 2 months ago. He’s packed on the pounds! Actually, everyone is comparing him to his cousin who is 5 months older than him. She’s petite and small. He’s right where read more »

I’ve been blogging for a while now (almost 5 years?) and while my blog has generally been about me and the mundane things of my life – you know, things like moving, new jobs, running a marathon, having a baby (who won’t sleep at the moment) – I feel it’s been hard for me to read more »

“Yo, Mom, thanks for taking me outside, even if it was to get the mail. I loved it!” “Jules, I got something for you in the mail today.” “Dum dee dum. Oh, what is it?” “Your hospital bill.”

When the first pediatrician came to see us in the hospital, she told me my only job for the next few weeks was to eat, sleep and feed my baby. Nothing else. Luckily, my mom, sister and Justin were around to do everything else because that’s all I did, but not always in that order. read more »

We went through a box of 84 newborn diapers in about 10 days. 84 diapers people! He’s three weeks old. And that doesn’t count the 2 smaller packages we went through first. Luckily, I didn’t buy any of them but now I have to. Here’s the problem: I got another box of size ones as read more »