Recently I have been introduced to the joys of velcro. It all started when was browsing in the fabric department of Wal-Mart when I met a friendly and very chatty lady (Lisa.) We were both looking at the same fabric – the panel kind that you can use to make pillows and she started up […]
Guest Post: Velcro is going to be one of my favorite crafting supplies
Baby Poop – That First One’s a Doozy by guest author Andrew Kardon
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Every mom has at least one good “birth story.” Maybe everything was perfect, serene, and a barrel of laughs. Er, yeah. Probably not. With childbirth, expecting the unexpected is just about the only thing you can rely on. As a dad, I can’t share the actual pain and sensation of pushing a watermelon out of […]
A baby born far from home by guest author FabGrandma
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It has been almost 41 years since my oldest child was born. My son, Seth, made his entry into the world on November 14, 1971. I was 19 years old when he was born. My first husband was in the Army, stationed in Germany. I went over to live with him six weeks before Seth […]
Feeling Overwhelmed With a New Baby by Lilac City Momma
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When my oldest daughter was born, a little over five years ago, along with the joy and happiness of having this little being, came worry and anxiety. Will I know how to take care of her? Will I do something to put her in harms way? Before the wonderful day, I had never once held […]
A wedding, a birth, a day to remember – Guest Post by My Little Me
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It was the night before my sister’s wedding thirteen years ago… I was 37 weeks pregnant and one of her bridesmaids practicing at the rehearsal dinner. I started feeling contractions and chuckled as I said, “Wouldn’t it be horrible if I missed your wedding tomorrow?” Haha! The joke was on me. The contractions got […]
Newborn Nurseries Make People Crazy – BookWormMama Guest Post
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Want to freak out your girlfriends, irritate the grandparents, and have total strangers question why you ever decided to be a mother? That’s easy. Tell them you’re not going to do a baby’s room. My husband and I had an agreement. We were not going to do a nursery before our daughter was born. We […]
My Neighbors Chickens – guest post by Brandy Tanner
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This is a guest post by Brandy Tanner who runs a NH Mom blog and is always looking to life as if the glass is half full instead of half empty. In August of 2011 I was given the chance to move back home to the house I grew up in with a pond, six acres […]
Cock-a-Doodle Don’t – Guest Post by Telling Dad
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Dear Readers, you are in for a treat today! The awesome, amazing, and quite humorous work-from-home-Dad Greg of TellingDad.com is here today! I hope you’ll enjoy his guest post as much as I did, it made me laugh out loud! ~Henrietta The first time I ever saw a chicken outside cellophane is when my father-in-law […]