Here is another guest post from Elyssa. Today, she draws inspiration from the book-turned-movie Eat Pray Love to talk about her travel experience and aspirations, filled with some truly inspirational pictures. Enjoy! Note: This post was written last month when Eat Pray Love was released in theaters. Eat Pray Love hits theaters this Friday (note to self...
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Motherhood: The Most Difficult Journey Yet (Part 1)Motherhood: The Most Difficult Journey Yet (Part 2)Motherhood: The Most Difficult Journey Yet (Part 3) My mother arrived that fateful day with one mission: to take care of her own baby — me. Sure, she wanted to see Claire, hold her and coo over her, but her sole purpose was to look after me and to make sure that I was well on the road to recovery. Ten days port-partum, I was still: Majorly swollen from water retention. In the past, being hooked up to an IV for just three hours had left me swollen for days, so you can imagine what 12 hours of IV and 5 hours of pitocin — another med that is...
Continue readingWhen Alycia first contacted me about writing a post comparing baseball to relationships, I thought, 'Cool! Why not?' Then I realized that she would be writing about the Yankees. Bleech. I'm not much of a baseball fan, but if I had to choose, I much prefer the Mets over the Yankees. But how is this a reason to refuse a guest post from such an obviously sweet and passionate fan? Besides, for all I know, my readership might be FULL of Yankee fans and I just don't know if because I never talk about them (so DO we have any Yankee fans out there?). Enjoy! I've always said baseball is like a relationship. If you follow any given season you'll notice that a season of baseball...
Continue readingOur next post comes from my friend Donna, who has been a tremendous help and support throughout this pregnancy. I had been hoping that a guest blogger would volunteer to do a post on budgeting for a baby, so when she brought up the idea I couldn't be happier. Donna will be doing a three-part series on baby budgeting. Today she delves into the first topic of the series: childcare. Enjoy! Baby budget...
Continue readingDespite my protests, I became outnumbered by J and my parents. According to J, he does not have the energy to take care of me, the baby, and a dog. According to my parents, a dog will only bring added stress to our new life as parents. As a result, Comang has been staying at my parents' since Claire's birth and will stay there for at least another few weeks. My sister is back in NY for the year, so Comang has a friend — my sister's dog Dante — to keep him company. I know that he is probably happier there than in our cramped apartment with a new baby and J's parents visiting daily (they do not like dogs much)....
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