Posts under ‘Friends/Family’

I work from home and have a baby. That basically means that I never leave the house. So when an opportunity arises to do just that, I jump on it. My friend Elizabeth‘s family owns a condo in Wintergreen, one of those lovely all-season resorts in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She also invited our friend [...]

While I somehow manage to get work done while staying home with Cooper, my day is spent mostly running around trying to stop him from gnawing on electrical cords or eating dog food. The other day was one in which I felt as though I were trying to herd a particularly unruly cat. He was [...]

Big news, you guys. This weekend, I left the house two days… in a row. Sure, I leave the house every day, but that’s to go to Target, or the grocery store, or things like that. I was social for two days in a row, and one of those days was even without the baby. [...]

My work/life schedule has been all over the place lately, so while there’s been plenty going on, I can’t remember the last time I had a coherent thought, so…. Anyway, we had a mini family reunion in Nashville last weekend, and it was definitely an interesting trip. I got to take my first long-ass car [...]

Oh, Cooper. You’re a fun, adorable baby. You’re generally a delight, and the fact that you’ve been sleeping through the night since you were five months old is one of the only reasons I haven’t completely lost my mind. So don’t get me wrong; I know I’m the luckiest mommy who ever lived. But dude. [...]