Motherhood

As a working mom, I wake up each day and think, "Oh, I just want to stay home with her today." I'm very lucky to be able to do that one morning and another full day per week. However,...

If you're expecting, have a baby, hope to have another baby and/or are just in need of a morning out, we have an event for you! Join Iowa City Moms Blog and The Family Dental Center on June 21st...

Maybe it's the fact that Cristina Yang left Grey's Anatomy. Maybe it's because next week "all of our questions will be answered" about Tori and Dean's marriage crisis on Tru Tori. And maybe, no matter how dramatic the rose...

Before my daughter joined our family, I never ventured into the girls section when shopping for kids clothes. At the time we had 3 boys, and many people commented on how lucky I was that I could FINALLY shop...

There are only 8 days of school left and to be honest I’m dreading it. As a working mom, summer is a big source of anxiety for me. Between finding adequate childcare and the guilt of missing summer activities,...

A lot of us do it. We don’t mean to, but we do. I definitely know I’m guilty! Sure, we have such good intentions, but life gets busy. (And truth be told, I get lazy.) When that school bell rings and the kiddos...

We have all seen the tantruming toddler at the grocery store, crying child at the park, and hard-to-calm kiddo at a restaurant and likely thought the same thing...oh, the terrible twos.  I know that I have uttered those words...

This post is probably not what you think.  And I apologize if you have a Justin Timberlake song stuck in your head right now.  No wait, I don't apologize for that.  #JTimmsForever This post is about me and my sudden,...

My husband and I always knew we would have kids. We were looking forward to having several. He comes from a family of four children and has always said that’s the magic number. I am an only child and...

I met my husband Derek on a college ministry Spring break trip. We dated for five months, got engaged and then got married on our 14 month anniversary. After being married for just under a year, we decided that...