OK, been a little quiet on the blog lately.  Getting a business off the ground, raising two little ones, and having a third baby have been keeping me a little busy. But I can’t resist this one. In doing some research on the web today (actually trying to select some relevant parenting news feeds...

Our son Jack has become a bedtime stall artist on the grandest scale. I am thankful for the three years of (relatively) easy bedtimes we’ve had with Jack, don’t get me wrong.  Other than two short but tramatic periods – when we had to let him cry it out to learn to soothe himself to...

I don’t mind telling everyone that I was a very happy, but very freaked out expectant mother during my first pregnancy.  I always knew I wanted kids, and so did Jim, so having a baby was a shared dream for both.  But somehow in my dreams, I always pictured “kids” – not babies...

Meet Jeanene, our eleventh MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Jeanene City: Frisco Marital Status: HAPPILY married Mom to: 10 year old son, Will and 9 year old daughter, Hope. Occupation: Full-time MOM, laundress, maid, chef (actually more like a person who warms things up in the oven and microwave!),...

Meet Jeanne, our tenth MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Jeanne City: Plano Marital Status: married Mom to: 19 year old son, Chris and 16 year old daughter, Alex. Occupation: Founder and principal of a strategy consulting firm What was the last movie you saw and what did you think about it? The Sisterhood...

Meet Meredith, our ninth MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Meredith City: McKinney Marital Status: married Mom to: 11 month old Aiden Thomas Occupation: Integration Manager for Frito-Lay What was the last movie you saw and what did you think about it? Smart People – I enjoyed it – It really hit...

Meet Shari, our seventh MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Shari City: Plano Marital Status: happily married to Matt Mom to: 3 year old daughter, Kathryn and expecting Christine anytime before September 26th Occupation: Stay at home mom What was the last movie you saw and what did you think about it? Matt...

Meet Liane, our sixth MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Liane City: Dallas Marital Status: married Mom to: 2.5 year old daughter, Sabine Occupation: Full time mom, which includes: cook, chauffer, sometime housekeeper, social coordinator, book keeper, etc. you get the idea☺ What was the last movie...

I recently read a fascinating article in one of my favorite magazines, Wondertime (which, by the way, is unfortunately also owned by Disney – who, like Wal-Mart, will own the world one day – if they don’t already), that a mom wrote about her life with a gifted son. In the sidebar,...

I love going to the Baby Aisle at Target. You know the Baby Aisle – the one with diapers down the entire 40′ section on one side, and baby food/formula/wipes/bath wash/lotion on the other side. I know it well, as it is probably my most-visited area of the store, aside from the milk section....