by Amy | May 16, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
I was due to write a new post for Circle of Moms, and I still had my brother and sister-in-law, imminent parents to be, on my mind. So I wrote this. Of course you want to bond with your new baby and stimulate her rapidly developing brain, but how do you play with...
by Amy | Feb 6, 2013 | Couplehood, Guest Posts, My Family
Earlier this week, my post 14 Things NOT to Get Your Wife For Valentine’s Day ran on Dad or Alive. I encourage you to check out the hilarious comments over there, including the true tale of a woman who received a Thighmaster as a Valentine’s Day gift. ...
by Amy | Jan 22, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood, Vanity
Call me a hypocrite. No, it’s okay, I can take it. I write about how we need to be kind to ourselves and never trash talk our weight in front of our kids. And then I go and use the F word on myself. Loophole: Viv can’t read yet. So until she can,...
by Amy | Jan 16, 2013 | My Family
While cool kids strive towards ever more advanced, portable and tiny phones, I just bought the most gigantic, tethered landline I could find. That’s right, we’re talking to you corded. Call it kitschy, retro or ridiculous, but I love my new wall phone, just like...
by Amy | Jan 10, 2013 | My Family, Parenthood
At my first day in Mommy & Me, I made a new friend. We seemed so much alike; both of us were bubbly blondes and first-time mothers to 3-month-old babies. We even shared the same alma mater. “What year did you graduate?” she asked, as excited as I was to find...