Naturally, yes, when I envisioned my family, I always thought a husband, two daughters and four elephants. Don't we all? Yep, we're a family of eight trying to be seated at a restaurant, which is hard enough itself without four members being 200-pound baby pachyderms. Never mind babywearing. If these new siblings grow any more, my size seven wraps won't cut it anymore.A little over a year ago, a friend posted an article about the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust on her Facebook page, and I was ... continue reading...

Toodle is our first everything. Whatever K-Hubs and I don’t know about child development, poor Toodle will probably be the one to enlighten us. While Twinkle will undoubtedly give us huge surprises, too, it’s like we already know to expect the surprises, so we handle them better. I caught her eating out of the trash (something Toodle never did), and I just said, “Umm, yeah, maybe don’t do that again. Mmm ’kay.”Twinkle, go give your big sister a big hug because we are learning on her and are ... continue reading...

K-Hubs was laid off for seven whole months last year. I'm just now writing about this because it has taken me that long to percolate my feelings on the subject. You'll be shocked to learn, I had a lot of feels about it.During that time, though, I WAS THE MOST EVEN-KEELED WIFE EVER!Except exactly the opposite.I was all, “Yay for new beginnings! Yay for self-discovery! This is exactly what I meant when I took my vows for better or for worse. This is so what I envisioned when I said I wanted an ... continue reading...