Book Clubs are for moms and nerds and nerd-moms and — well, anyone really! However, I do suppose one might need a mild interest in reading to make the effort of trying to juggle reading a book while wrangling small humans as well as possibly working part or full-time on top of the myriad of otherwise …

Every year I wait with anticipation for the first one to arrive. December is the best mail month! I adore the thought and love each card contains. I love that the sender thinks enough of my little family to place us on a list of people important enough to send …

I love to make checklists, visual reminders of the things I want to complete, and lately has seemed filled with busy-ness as our family adjusts to the rhythm of 2 working parents. A rhythm we certainly haven’t settled into yet (despite having 6 months already). I don’t want summer to …

Seriously, what are the differences between a COLD and THE FLU? Possibly more important, WHY DO I CARE? The reason to care is the existence of TAMIFLU, a medication one can start in the first 48 hours of the flu to reduce symptoms and shorten the course of the illness. There is some …

This entry is part 24 of 26 in the series Feed the FamI love Banana Bread, which is perfect since bananas at our house are either VANISHED overnight or left languishing in all their brown squishy glory. Of course, when dead bananas are such a frequent occurrence it prompts a …

I GRADUATED! No joke, May 12, 2016, I graduated from UNR with a Master’s of Science in Nursing! Remember my first day? Here we are… I walked across the stage and was HOODED! Of course, it’s more than just the hood, the surreal feeling of completion, and the insanity of …

Number Three: My third boy, my last labor, my scariest birth. I’m having trouble letting go, and yet I can’t imagine another labor. I look into your beautiful blue eyes while we nurse, but I still can’t believe the newborn clothes are already given to a friend… My sleepy new baby …

So, here I am again, 37ish weeks… This time patiently waiting and packing for a *hopefully* 24 hour hospital stay with #3, a child who remains sunny-side up. Stinker. Amusingly enough, being that it was my list, I popped over to Reno Moms Blog and searched for my L&D in 15 …

At 34 weeks pregnant I still have a while (6-ish weeks, 1.5 months…) before my third postpartum experience, but being that the last one left MUCH to be desired, it seems that this go-around might warrant a bit more initiative on my part. Initiative in the form of open and …

This entry is part 16 of 26 in the series Feed the FamI love pinterest for recipes of late, and most especially since RMB’s night with the amazing Lara Ritchie at Nothing to it!, I’ve been trying to find things closer to the 15-30 min timeframe. Her class helped me …