Lana
Lana Criswell is a born and bred Hawkeye fan who has lived in Iowa City for almost ten years! She came for college and never looked back. Lana has been married to her husband, Tom, for two years and is momma to Jessa (3.5 months) and Charlie, the dog. She finished graduate school nearly four years ago in speech-language pathology and works at Children’s Center for Therapy in Iowa City. She is excited to be able to work 80% time now and have some “girl time” with Jessa each week. Lana loves spending time with family and friends, cooking/baking, going to Hawkeye games, going on walks around the neighborhood with the dog, and reading.
Flashback: My Favorite Childhood Christmas Presents
I love presents. There, I said it. I love wrapping them. I love opening them. I love the look of a bunch of presents under the tree (although, with a one-year-old, we are NOT...
Breast Milk S.O.S.
A few weeks ago, I started something that seemed SO far off several months ago: I started weaning. More accurately, I dropped one pump session per day. Let me tell you, it has been...
Baby’s First Halloween
My husband and I have a document on the desktop of our computer that is a running list of all of our baby’s “firsts”. It includes her first time rolling over, first tooth, and...
A Walk in the Park: A New Rec Area in Iowa City
We are fortunate that we live in an area of Iowa where it is never too difficult to find something fun to do. If you travel in a 30-mile radius you can find many...
Tales from the Crib
Imagine a time when you had your best, most uninterrupted, most AMAZING night of sleep. Nothing to wake up for, no alarm set to go off, and not a worry in the world…
Can you...
My “I NEED To Use These Veggies!” Pasta Sauce Recipe
As you may remember from some of my other posts, my husband and I had our first “real” garden this growing season. While it is dwindling in terms of what plants are still producing,...
Building Language: Tips From a Speech-Language Pathologist
Just as any new mom, I find it very fun to see all of the things my nine-month-old learns each day. Whether it is crawling or clapping, the proud look she has when completing...
Longing to be a Loser: Fighting the Post-Baby Weight-Loss Battle
I’ve never been one to care TOO much about weight. For me it has always been, “Man, I think I better do something to fit into these pants better,” or, “I need to watch...
The Big Question
Cloth or disposables? Breast milk or formula? Cry it out or not? Stay home or go back to work? All of these are questions that new moms and dads have to answer, along with...