As is shown on social media, holiday movie favorites, Christmas songs and advertisements everywhere, the Christmas season is supposed to be filled with "children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile." And when we and our children aren't smiling and laughing, there can be some real "mom guilt" there. We can feel like we've somehow failed when every moment isn't merry and bright.

If you ask, “John, where is your bellybutton?” he’ll lift his little shirt up and point to his bellybutton.    Lately, he’s become interested in finding other people’s bellybuttons. If you’re sitting on the ground, he’ll likely saunter over, lift your shirt, and give your bellybutton a little poke. Aunts, grandparents and friends that have [...]

Want to know the difference between these two photos? It’s not weight loss. It’s a new perspective. And new jeans. After giving birth, I found myself in this euphoric high of amazement at what my body had done. I would beam when looking at this saggy, sore tummy in the mirror. I was filled with [...]

How we came about naming our sons, James and John, and the sweet coincidences that followed.

My expectation for tandem breastfeeding twins was met with a different reality.

Because I’ve never been able to mother in a way that is whole and undivided, a certain kind of mom guilt hits immensely at all times of the day. A kind of mom guilt that only other mothers of multiple children will understand. The guilt of having to choose.

After becoming a mom of fraternal twins, I have never been more self assured in the fact that bodies are just made to be different. Plain and simple.

Motherhood. It’s asks for all you’ve got...and then a little more. And we give and we show up with everything we’ve got because we love them with everything we’ve got.

What change a year can bring.

Being a parent of twins can feel like three times the work. However, it’s also insanely rewarding.