Two seconds of inverted lips curved with displeasure, eyes staring at me, ready to tear, as if pleading, as if silently protesting, as if having given up her faith in me to make her world always shine bright with hugs and kisses, and having lost all hope in the humanity of a mother, she lets… Read More The Exciting Journey of Solid Foods
It was under five years ago that I began a beautiful journey with Aaron. As soon as we got engaged and got married three months later, we knew we wanted kids. Plural. We both wanted two kids. Baby J now Toddler J or TJ was born two years later. In fact, I was pregnant on… Read More How my second born child’s life is different from (or similar to) her older brother – Part 1
This post is specific to my most recent visit to the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. Alternatively, this post could also have been titled, “Things I notice now that I have two kids and need to maneuver a stroller and a walking toddler”. First of all, being from Chicago
I loved finding great deals at consignment sales in Chicago and one of the first things I looked up even before moving to San Jose was to Google consignment sales in my new city and bingo…Outrageous Outgrowns popped up. Then, on one of our zoo trips, I overheard a few mothers talking about volunteering or… Read More Consignment sales are a great deal
So the movers came today and moved our gazillion boxes, pieces of furniture, bicycles, and tires. After getting quotes from the three big moving companies – , we decided to go with Mayflower. The men who came in today who were probably their local but independent contractors working for Mayflower were nice, professional, and quick.… Read More Don’t sweat the stuff…it’s only stuff
We are less than a week away from embarking on ‘The Great Summer Roadtrip’ of our lifetime and immediate future. Our movers are coming in on Tuesday and all our stuff will be packed away to arrive tentatively between August 14-19. We leave for San Jose on Wednesday, August 5. We have been packing on… Read More ‘The Great Summer Roadtrip’ is less than a week away
Aaron and I celebrated our baby’s arrival next month with a baby shower last week. I had a lot of fun seeing all my friends including coworkers whom I consider friends. It was a beautiful evening with chatter, games (designing onesies and bibs, and sippy cup sipping- thank goodness for no lame ‘measure the belly… Read More Baby Shower
