Kelly

August 11, 2010

  • They Call Me Mommy — Most Of The Time

    By Kelly
    I will never forget the first time it happened.
    It was around 7:00 PM on a sunny summer evening. I asked Natalie, then two years old, to call her Daddy inside for dinner. (…)

August 4, 2010

  • Civilize the Savages

    By Kelly
    My two-year-old was eating a bag of snack mix this morning, courtesy of her Daddy’s flight home from Chicago last night. (…)

July 21, 2010

  • You're Tired

    By Kelly
    My Mom is a genius.
    All my life, she’s had one phrase that covers every childhood problem.
    She would simply say, “You’re tired.”
    Fighting with a sibling? (…)

July 7, 2010

  • Neighborhood Etiquette 101

    By Kelly
    When we moved into our little town home complex in the fall of 2007, we didn't have many neighbors. Such is the nature of a new development. (…)

June 23, 2010

  • Dinner Time

    By Kelly
    I love summer evenings, when the light lingers like a welcome guest on the porch. The air is on the back side of warm, thick with the smell of lake water and hamburgers and sunscreen. (…)

June 16, 2010

  • Quiet

    By Kelly
    The purple clouds with pink highlights are still visible from my perch on the floor.
    The sun sets late in the north this time of year. I always forget. It doesn't feel like 9:30. (…)

June 9, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: The 10th Month

    From 5 Minutes for Parentin

    By Kelly
    This is my last Pregnancy Journal post, friends, because (cue the angels and confetti) I am no longer pregnant. (…)

May 19, 2010

  • He's Here!

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    Many many congrats to Kelly!

    Read Kelly's entire Pregnancy Journal here at 5 Minutes For Parenting.

May 5, 2010

April 28, 2010

April 21, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: The Name Game

    From 5 Minutes for Parentin

    By Kelly
    I am very pregnant.
    Ergo, I am the recipient of all types of random, potentially offensive comments. (…)

April 7, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: Fake Contractions

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    I almost had my baby in Target yesterday.
    My toddler and I made a quick trip to the Big Red Mothership after lunch to pick up a few items. (…)

March 31, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: Behold a Miracle

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    Lately, my body groans.
    It doesn’t matter if I’m sitting or standing or walking or lying down.
    My muscles stretch. My back sways. My hips twist. (…)

March 24, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: Opening a Can of (Gummy) Worms

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    If you read between the lines of last week’s Pregnancy Journal post about MILK, ALL THE MILK, I CAN’T GET ENOUGH MOO-JUICE, you might have deduced: Kelly might be drinking a lot of milk, but I bet her sweet tooth is triggering a lot of that milk consumption. (…)

March 17, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: Got Milk?

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    A wave of faux shame washed over me as I reached into the milk cooler at Target yesterday. (…)

March 10, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: Move Baby Move

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    My OB laughs at me when I tell her this, but I’m pretty confident I’m gestating a baby octopus. (…)

March 3, 2010

February 24, 2010

February 17, 2010

  • Pregnacy Journal: Boxes of Memories

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    Seven boxes of memories are stacked in the spare room right now, waiting for me to shed my coat of melancholy so I can sort through them. (…)

February 10, 2010

  • Pregnancy Journal: For the Love of Pregnancy

    From 5 Minutes for Parenting

    By Kelly
    I was talking on the phone to my sister last weekend, lamenting my falling-apart-disease and my advanced maternal age and my weariness with being pregnant in winter. (…)

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