12 Lessons Learned From A Dreaded Fake Labor Adventure.

So we finally did it last night. After months of contractions that equated to the level of intensity that my “real” contractions were with Ali but NOT calling in for fear of making The Dreaded and Shameful Fake Labor Hospital Trip, and after an especially intense day and evening with contractions starting at 1:30pm and […]

Our Favorite Christmas Set – And a Giveaway!

A couple of years ago, our dear friend Lydia gave us an amazing Christmas Nativity and Storybook that has become the most beloved piece of our Christmas collection – What God Wants for Christmas: The set comes with seven gift boxes, each holding a character from the Christmas story (except for the last one), a […]

I’ll Have a Presidential Christmas…

We have a new Christmas store in our mall this year, and it has every type of Christmas ornament that you could ever desire. And so, for a three year old little girl who absolutely adores Christmas, it’s the funnest toy store in the whole mall. But despite the glittery fairies and the pink princesses […]

Pure Magic – The Bright Star

With a nickname like The Magic City, you would expect there to be many magical places in the Birmingham area.  And there definitely are – the top of Vulcan, The Patio at The Club, Argyle Road overlooking the city at night, and Sloss Furnaces, to name a few. But my pick for the most magical […]

Exploring (New) Birmingham

When I was a little girl, my impression of Birmingham’s downtown area was a jumble of closed up, falling apart, and run-down buildings. My Mom would tell me of their grandness when she was a child, and I would daydream as to what it must have been like to dress up in my Sunday best […]

Kiosk Warfare: A Guide for Survival.

The mall is a glorious place for Moms of young children. Akin to an indoor playground for both Mother AND Child, it is full of glee-filled places such as Toy Stores, hot dog trucks, carousels, and, of course, shopping. But it doesn’t come without it’s risks – without the dangers of attack. The Kiosk Predators. […]

Modern Day Vocabularic Brainwashing.

For those of you who do not currently have a small child, you may be completely and blissfully unaware of what I’m about to tell you. But you deserve to know. A disturbing replacement has happened in vocabulary as we know it. A brainwashing, actually, has taken place. The term “Indian-Style”, in regards to the […]

A Little Glitter Goes a Long Way…Up Nasal Passages.

I’ve been seeing all of your awesomely fall crafty posts of how you’re oh-so-fancily decorating your houses for the season, and have mourned my complete inability to pull off anything similar. After all, I don’t usually write domesticated how-to posts, because my efforts would usually end up being how-NOT-to posts…. Such as, for instance, my […]

Would You Like That Deep-Fried or Dried?

Birth, although an amazingly beautiful and miraculous occasion, is, let’s face it, also pretty fantastically disgusting. You’ve got blood and guts and possibly poo and definitely puke and meconium and blood and guts and…Placenta. There’s just nothing pretty about placenta. (I would normally insert a picture of a placenta in all it’s glory right here, […]

Ali Get Your Gun and the Explanation of Freaky Baby.

We decided it was finally time to register for a few things for Noah. And, since it’s been four years since I’ve filled out a baby registry, I learned a few new things. My first surprise was that although adults (especially husbands) are completely mesmerized by the privilege of using The Barcode Gun, kids find […]