My boys recently turned five and a half. And I think I can now say without a doubt that five is my favorite age so far. (Followed closely by nine to eleven months, but that might just be in...
I remember looking at Stella on Christmas Day and realized we were exactly six months away from her first birthday. Time already seemed to be going so quickly, and little did I know that the next six months would fly...
"Por favor mantegase alejado de las puertas."
If you’re an avid Disney go-er, you know this statement whether you speak Spanish or not. I grew up hearing it, having visited Disney World somewhere in the ballpark of 15 times. Since my...
Full confession: I am not a mother. I’d like to be one eventually, but at this moment in my life, my maternal doting is entirely directed towards a scruffy dog named Roux who I tend to treat “as if...
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Combining my experience as a NICU nurse with my journey into motherhood was an interesting thing. Having taken care of the sickest of sick babies I was...
A couple of weekends ago I attended a typical New Orleans baby shower for a cousin. The mother-to-be looked radiant in her brilliant blue dress, there were fleur de lis embossed blue mints, napoleons on the dessert table and,...
Most Kindermusik teachers start off taking a class with their own child and loving it so much that they decide to become a Kindermusik teacher themselves. I did it the opposite way, and as a recent "teacher-turned-mom," it has...
It was six years ago today that a line was drawn in my life. Six years ago today that we heard, "there are three heartbeats. You're having triplets."* Our lives were divided into Before Triplets and After Triplets.
Six years...
I have a hard time answering the question, "What's your favorite season?" For me, anything that lies ahead in full is something to anticipate. So at the start of a new season, all the possibilities of that particular season...
The French Market’s Creole Tomato Festival has long been known for being the first and often best place to get the first crop of the Creole tomato season. It is purposefully held the second weekend in June, as that...
Do you know how to perform CPR on your infant or child? You should.
As moms it's our biggest fear. Well, one of many. It is scary, but many moms believe it can't happen to them or think that calling 911...
I have a confession to make. Since the moment my husband and I decided that our move back to New Orleans was a done deal, I have been fantasizing about a feeling. More like a sense of relief I...
That morning is vivid. I got dressed, brought my daughter to school and met my husband at Ochsner. We were going in for our seven week ultrasound to see baby number two for the first time. However, the appointment did...
"Old McDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O!" I feel like I have been singing this song to Nathaniel ever since he was born. Probably not long after his birth, I was singing this and any and every song I could...