Motherhood

Allison is the friend who I shared my pregnancy with.  We found out we were pregnant with our first children only ten weeks apart; hers was a long and awaited one, while mine was more of a surprise. We...

No really, my kids literally suck. I gave birth to a pair of suckers - one a paci lover and the other a thumbsucker. We’ve been battling my eldest’s addiction since before he popped out of the womb. In fact, during...

Procrastination… hmmm… well… what can I say… I’m an EXPERT at it! Ha! It’s late Tuesday afternoon as I flop down on the couch, finally prepared to write this first post (which is due tomorrow, might I add).  I get...

New mom in the corner over here today. I had big plans to write a post on how to travel internationally with an infant, but I felt that I needed to be seeking advice today rather than giving it,...

In the Fall of 2009, my husband and I sold our first home in Wilton, Iowa.  Because we had yet to buy a new home, we moved in with my parents, bringing along our one-year-old son and our dog. ...

We sat there in her perfectly coiffed home, talking business and kiddos and then she asked, “How do you do it all?” What? Me? Seriously? After silencing the laughing in my head, I told her this:  “I don’t do it all....

I fancy myself as being pretty “green.”  We recycle all we can, just ordered a compost bin, and try to buy local when we can. When I found out I was pregnant I researched all of the chlorine free,...

When our firstborn was an infant in the winter of 2010, my husband and I had a bad case of cabin fever. In an attempt to cure ourselves, we declared a new snow day tradition: any time there was...

We know you enjoyed meeting Tara, Lianna and Lana yesterday.  Today, we are pleased to introduce you to the other half of our writing team: Brook, Kelsey and Katie.  Enjoy! Brook Brook’s journey in Iowa City started when she graduated High...

Today is the first of a two-day introduction to our AMAZING writing team! We are so blessed to have such a great group of mamas writing for us here at the Iowa City Moms Blog. They all have wonderful, diverse,...