“There’s one thing you should know,” Tommy said to me years back, just a couple months after our first date. “When I get married someday, I already know who my best man is going to be.” “Oh yeah?” I replied, picturing myself standing next to his dog on the alter. “Yup,” he said. “My dad.” […]

Oh pacifier, I’ve hated you from the start. You see, here’s the thing: I was the mom who didn’t let my baby get a pacifier in the hospital. You know, first-time parents who really didn’t know up from down. Initially, I didn’t want it to interfere with breastfeeding, and hindsight, that was actually a pretty […]

“Could you even imagine having twins?” “Oh gosh noooo. That would be insane.” “Seriously … I don’t know how people do it.” These words have been exchanged between Tommy and I more than once in the past several months. We were what you call, “We-thought-we-knew-what-we-were-doing-but-we-had-no-idea Parents.” And we’re the parents of one baby. Knee deep […]

Dear Gracey Girl, It’s been a whole year. One year since my life was forever changed. One year ago — on Good Friday of 2011 — Daddy and I found out we were expecting you. What a good Friday it was. Let me tell you a little about the year you’ll never recall. In the […]