Fellow moms can be some of your greatest allies when you’re raising your kids. As I mentioned [last week][1], they can be invaluable when S hits the fan. However, there are times when other moms just plain suck. Yeah, I know. I’m totally backtracking here. I’m not talking about a ...

We went strawberry picking this week. Cute, right? Yes. Yes, it was. I also got a little ahead of myself. Because Kansas had such a harsh winter, strawberry picking at [Wohletz Farm Fresh][1] (the local farm it seems EVERYONE goes to) has been drastically scaled down. They’ve only been ...

It’s funny. They tell you that you’ll change when you have a kid. I was always like, “Duh. Of course you’ll change. You’re a parent. How could you not?” But really, I had no idea just how much changes. As in, parts of you become unrecognizable (and I’m not even talking about ...

When it comes to pregnancy, people lie. That is, until you’re pregnant yourself. Then the truth magically comes out of people. My cousin, who is 15 weeks pregnant, messaged me this week to say that her morning sickness not only hasn’t gone away like people said it would, but it has now ...

I can still vividly recall a conversation with my husband last June. I was sitting with him at a restaurant, barely able to breathe through my Spanx, still carrying 20+ pounds of baby weight and feeling frumpy and gross. He scolded me for my insecurity. “You’re beautiful.” he told me. ...

One of the things that I heard often when Aaron and I first got married was the whole “Don’t stop dating your husband” spiel. “Put him first, kids second,” and “Keep the spark alive,” were also occasionally thrown at me. Well, six years in, I will honestly say that I suck at ...