How do you bounce back when you are postpartum or have a newborn in the house via adoption? Do you speed the process? Or do you take a babymoon, hiding out for weeks with your babe?

I wrote about recovering from this eighth birth. Dangly earrings do wonders.

I am hanging out at […]

My kids begin discussing next year’s birthday well in advance. Like 364 days, give or take an hour or two.

Beatrix wanted a The Princess and the Frog birthday for months on end. I was ready to succumb to a Disney-fied birthday for my girl, who would be turning 4.

But she surprised […]