Happiness

Ever since the strip turned positive, I have been mildly obsessed with reading about motherhood. One of the blogs I have added to my daily reading is Cup of Jo by Joanna Goddard, specifically her Motherhood column. I love reading about her experience as a first time mom. One of her posts that really resonated … Continue reading →

a reality check & a bran muffin

Being a mom is hard. Specifically, the lack of sleep thing. To be honest, it has really been getting me down these days. While Juniper goes to sleep like a champ, she is still waking up several times a night to feed. Once she is fed she will usually go back to sleep pretty easily; … Continue reading →

Newbery 2013

Yesterday morning the American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards for 2013. Yeah! I posted on Facebook that the Youth Media Awards equals Christmas for librarians. At least, it is like Christmas for this librarian. This year, I was excited to introduce Juniper to the special event. She was pretty riveted.   The Newbery … Continue reading →

Thirty

Yesterday I said goodbye to my twenties and hello to my thirties. In other words, I went from this:   To this:     (Sorry the first picture is so small. It’s a scan, and I’m so old now that I don’t know how to do technologically savvy stuff like make pictures bigger.) Yesterday was … Continue reading →

Play-Time

  Happy Friday, everyone! Love, Libs     Continue reading →

Can’t get enough

Seriously. I just can’t help but take her picture. Over… and over… and over again. I thought for sure she was going to roll over today. She kept tipping over to one side or another. But today was not the day. She sure looked cute trying. I think she wore herself out. This girl is … Continue reading →

New Year Resolutions

I am a tad skeptical about New Year resolutions. Largely because, at least from personal experience, they are quickly forgotten and failed. However, that reality is not stopping me from making a few resolutions this year. I like to call the following my Book Resolutions of 2013. Or, the Make-me-smarter Resolutions. Or, For-goodness-sake-read-something-other-than-children’s-literature Resolutions. Ha. … Continue reading →

Proud Moment

This afternoon I was reading a few books to Juniper before her nap. I read to her pretty regularly (I mean, come on. Who am I if not a shameless reader?), and she usually regards the whole activity with mild attention. However, this time Juniper flashed a HUGE smile while she looked at the little … Continue reading →

3 Months

  Everyone told me it would go fast.     But I had no idea how true that would be.     Now that Juniper is a whopping 3 months, here are a few of the things she loves: Smiling. I love this one! When she wakes up in the morning and sees either me … Continue reading →