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Is she a bad seed? Or is she just awesome?
My husband and I have known for a while now that we're completely screwed for the teen years with our girls. More specifically, our...
Colleen
Jan 28, 20194 min read
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Mom vs. Dad
The other day I was driving home from picking up Belle from school and got a call from my husband. Belle asked him to come home early...
Colleen
Jan 18, 20191 min read
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A letter to my second baby
Dear Rosie, In the weeks right before you were born I was overwhelmed by a sudden and unexpected fierce sense of loyalty toward your big...
Colleen
Jan 9, 20194 min read
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Does your job pee on you? Mine does.
You know the Drake White song Makin Me Look Good Again? Well the first line is "Worn and haggard, weathered and torn..." That's how I...
Colleen
Jan 3, 20194 min read
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Keeping up with Christmas
Every year around this time - and for the past several weeks - the Christmas season leaves me feeling like I just can't keep up. I can't...
Colleen
Dec 17, 20184 min read
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A special kind of sad
It's a special kind of sad when your child realizes they're growing up and getting bigger. Of course I know it's happening, I notice it...
Colleen
Dec 12, 20184 min read
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I don't like saints
So catholic school seems to be going really well for Belle (insert eye roll emoji). Today, as we drove home from pick-up she informed me...
Colleen
Nov 28, 20181 min read
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Enough is enough
Last night, a friend shared another mom bloggers post about how she was just so tired of the daily mess of motherhood. The toys...
Colleen
Nov 26, 20184 min read
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And then this happened
About a week after my first IUI procedure, I had my yearly physical with my primary care doctor. She started our appointment as she...
Colleen
Nov 23, 20185 min read
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I voted, now I need nap
A few weeks ago, we all went out in droves to rock the vote. In my house, there was no school for Belle, which worked out perfectly...
Colleen
Nov 21, 20185 min read
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I love the way I lie
Sometimes I have one of those moments where I feel like I say the exact right thing at the exact right time and I'm so beyond proud of...
Colleen
Nov 16, 20183 min read
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Toddler brain
B: Momma, is Rosie naked in your belly? Me: She is! Isn't that funny? B: Ya. By the way, I need a new flashlight. Probably we should get...
Colleen
Nov 14, 20181 min read
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So, technically this is a threesome, right?
My mom was a well-known radio personality in Boston for over 20 years. Growing up, everyone knew her name because her voice was...
Colleen
Nov 14, 20183 min read
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It's a fine line, really
The other night my daughter was watching me pour a glass of wine.... Belle: That looks like a river. Me: A river of wine? Wouldn't that...
Colleen
Nov 13, 20181 min read
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The performance review
Let's be honest: just because I'm a mom doesn't mean I have any idea what I'm doing. It's probably one of the only jobs in the world...
Colleen
Nov 13, 20181 min read
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You name it, I tried it
Two healthy baby girls later and the pain of those two years spent trying to get pregnant is still as fresh as a farm stand peach...just...
Colleen
Nov 13, 20184 min read
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It was A DAY
A few weeks ago I had a day. One of those days where you think "this can't be real, can it?" My oldest daughter, Belle, is four years...
Colleen
Oct 24, 20184 min read
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Tell me everything you know about bats...
It was 3am and Rosie, my youngest, had a steaming hot fever and was ten shades of miserable. She was in bed with my husband and I, but...
Colleen
Oct 21, 20181 min read
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Casual morning murder
So this one time, there was a snake in the pool. Yes, a SNAKE. And I got it out. While also holding Rosie (who is not small) on my hip....
Colleen
Oct 21, 20181 min read
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