Why I chose to have my daughter wear a uniform in a public school

Arielle will be starting the first grade at her new school next week.  (Woah! How did that happen already?!)  She will be attending the public school that’s just down the block. I read that there is an optional uniform policy for their students and I thought that was bizarre. I thought uniforms were only for private […]

Close Enough to Kiss

I’ve had this post brewing in my mind for a few months now. If you see me, I’m wearing it. If you converse with me, I’m talking about it. It’s the first thing I do when I get home from work and what I look forward to the most on weekends. A hobby, you might […]

Is This Real Life or Vacation?

We’ve been in Florida for almost a month now and folks back home were asking me how life in Florida is so far. I started my new job and they certainly did not hold back from putting me to work. It’s more projects and longer hours than my old job. (It’s not a bad thing, […]

Despedida

We are now on the road, figuratively and literally in between our life in Illinois and our new adventure in Florida. Last week our family (my husband’s cousin who also happens to be our next door neighbor) threw us a Despedida Party, or a “going away party.” We barely had time to pack up our […]

Bye-Bye, Illinois…Hello, Florida!!!

It’s official! We’re leaving the Land of Lincoln and heading for the Sunshine State. In one week. Eek! It’s all happening so fast! After having the best maternity leave ever, we talked about taking the leap to leave Illinois and move to Florida to enjoy beautiful weather, cheaper cost of living, and be closer to […]

Zavier James 4.0

Happy birthday, Zavier! My sweet boy turned four on Monday. Or as he would say, “Foi!” and proudly hold his four little fingers in the air. “My a big boy! A-yell call me wittle, but my ish BIG!” (Translation: I’m a big boy! Arielle calls me little, but I am BIG!) He still talks funny, […]

Thank You Notes from the Milk Production Agency

This week I’m linking up with my girl Dean from Mrs. AOK a Work in Progress on her weekly “Thank You Notes” series, inspired by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.   I’m thankful everyday for my husband, my kids, my family and friends, our health, the food on the table and the roof over our […]

The Return to My Happy Place

This is the best maternity leave ever.  My mom designed this master plan where she flew to Chicago help me with the babies through the holidays, then we all flew to Florida so we could stay with my parents for the month of January.  So while my friends and family in Chiberia are freezing in sub-zero temps, the kids […]

That’s a Wrap

I couldn’t have  picked a better time to go on maternity leave.  I got to spend the holidays with my babies and create magical memories with them.  So much of life and joy happened all at once.  Now all of a sudden it’s 2015 (happy new year, by the way!) and I’m half-way through my maternity […]

Alyssa Jaime: A Baby Story

CONFESSION: I was obsessed with going into labor. As soon as I hit the third trimester, it was always on my mind: OMG, is that a contraction? Nope, I just have gas. AAH my water broke! Ooops, nevermind – I just peed myself a little. Is morning sickness in the third trimester a sign of going […]