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Momoirs of a Rookie Mom

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Having your own last name is an imaginary problem

February 7, 2012

While I understand the family pride that some might feel when they refer to themselves as “The Lees” or “The Browns”, I have not been persuaded that changing one’s last name to match her husband’s is important. I did not change mine, and my children have my husband’s last name. (My son has my last [...]

Daycare, hurts so good.

February 2, 2012

Can you hear the baby squawking from where you’re sitting? I can. And it sure is hard to concentrate. Doesn’t he realize that I’m trying to write a blog post about him? Gah. Okay, that’s better now. Where was I? Oh yes… Sawyer, my sweet baby love, my third boy, is about to head off [...]

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The payoff has arrived

January 31, 2012

I grew up next door to a boy one year older than me. His parents hosted my baby shower, a co-ed barbecue that he attended with his wife and their one-year old son. At the shower, my childhood friend, now a dad and a recent business school graduate, spoke these words of wisdom to me [...]

Flashback Friday: 10 years ago today

January 27, 2012

Ten years ago, Whitney and I ran the San Francisco Half Marathon with another friend. We were fairly fit in those days between running and biking but doing a half marathon was no easy feat. On that fateful day, I met the man who would become RookieDad Alec. A mutual friend introduced us shortly after [...]

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Practicing what I preach. Mostly.

January 17, 2012

Is it already time to flashback to Sawyer as a baby? Well, he is just over nineteen weeks now so we can at least review the first quarter of his babydom. According to my own bossyness, we should have completed all thirteen of the rookie moms weekly challenges within his fourth trimester, right? So, let’s [...]

Momversation: Does Facebook make you jealous of your friends?

January 14, 2012

My life is pretty darn good. I don’t have an iPhone or a personal chef, but my days are full of family, friends, interesting work, healthy children, and enough money to pay for a weekly date night. So it’s possible I have little understanding of what it feels like to be painfully jealous of others, [...]

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Flashback Friday: Heather’s favorite 2011 posts by Whitney

January 13, 2012

Whitney and I have been friends for more than 15 years. Like her, I’ve been surprised that working together has been so easy. But I’m not surprised it has been so fun. The girl can walk on her hands and do cartwheels in either direction after all. Since she said all those nice things about [...]

Were you prepared for motherhood?

January 10, 2012

I recently sat down with writer Lisen Stromberg to discuss motherhood, feminism, work, and other big, important topics. Who said what on Facebook that week never once came out of my mouth during the hour we spent together, so that was refreshing. But also, she asked me some questions I had never asked myself. In [...]

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A preschooler’s dictionary of terms according to Scarlett

January 4, 2012

Scarlett is four-and-a-half today, and one of my favorite things about her is the way she speaks. She has the voice of a chipmunk, for one — loud and high-pitched — but in a charming way, and two, she has a knack for inventing words that make so much sense to the rest of us [...]

Can’t blog. Children.

January 2, 2012

Reading Captain Underpants, building LEGO villages, and manning the baby gym. I’ll have to catch you tomorrow!

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The one where I learn the meaning of “mixed company”

December 27, 2011

(While I hang out with my family, I am republishing a post from the 2007 archives for your entertainment. Enjoy!) Last week, Ryan’s company threw a lovely holiday party. We were treated to a sit-down dinner at a well known fancy restaurant. With a babysitter I trusted, and a body that can finally fit in [...]

Open thread: Santa Claus

December 23, 2011

Morning, friends. It’s your turn to talk! I was going to open this conversation to ANY topic from sleep training to dealing with in-laws, but decided to narrow in on one that may be weighing on some of the newer moms: What are the rules of engagement for Santa Claus? If the Man in Red [...]

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