Category Archives: Messages from Mommy & Daddy

Birthday Tradition

My husband and I were trying to come up with something special we could do for our son every year on his birthday.  We weren’t looking for anything expensive or elaborate just something to help him remember his previous year … Continue reading

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Table Food

How many meals do you want to make at dinner? My answer – one. Never did I think that making a different baby friendly meal every night so our son could eat table food would be tiresome, but after a … Continue reading

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Oh, Pretty Lights!

Baby’s first Christmas is quickly approaching! Though I know this is the year of boxes, tissue paper, and bows, I’m quite excited about sharing this season with our son. One thing worried me however – how were we going to … Continue reading

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And We’re Walking!

After the initial “He’s walking!” comes “He’s walking.”. If you have never experienced extreme excitement quickly followed by dread you will the day your child learns to walk. Let me elaborate. Our son started walking independently at a very young … Continue reading

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Toothbrushing Parties

So our little man’s first tooth, or more accurately teeth since the bottom two came in together, popped through about 6 weeks ago. Immediately we wanted to help him develop good toothbrushing habits so we started having family toothbrushing parties … Continue reading

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Storing Baby Clothes

Now that Baby is in his 4th clothing size I have figured out that storing all of his clothes until the next little one comes is going to be trickier than expected. I originally was packing his clothes into bags … Continue reading

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Where is that Sock?

It’s that time of year again.  Long pant wearing.  Jacket required.  Sock necessary.  Fall.  At least in Ohio it is.  This year, I have found that I have a new problem to face with fall clothing.  I have to wrangle … Continue reading

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6 Months!

Wow! Time surely does fly when you add a baby to the mix. I feel bad that I haven’t written in forever but then again what can you expect from a busy mom? Life has been full of playing and … Continue reading

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Dinner Distractions

Dinner time at our house was becoming quite rushed as Baby got older and was less and less content to sit and play peek-a-boo with my husband and I. We quickly turned to teething toys and other small toys but … Continue reading

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Traveling High Chair

We are an on-the-go kind of family! We spend our time visiting family and friend regularly and honestly we don’t want to worry about where we are going to be when “the Boy” needs to eat. So, several years ago … Continue reading

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